Holy Quran

Surah Al-Balad (The City)

English - Yusuf Ali Translation20 Aya count
This page contains the Arabic text, audio recitation, and English - Yusuf Ali translation of Surah Al-Balad (The City).
لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾
I do call to witness this City;-(1)
Tafseer:
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾
And thou art a freeman of this City;-(2)
Tafseer:
وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-(3)
Tafseer:
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِی كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.(4)
Tafseer:
أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن یَقۡدِرَ عَلَیۡهِ أَحَدࣱ ﴿٥﴾
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?(5)
Tafseer:
یَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!(6)
Tafseer:
أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ یَرَهُۥۤ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?(7)
Tafseer:
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَیۡنَیۡنِ ﴿٨﴾
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-(8)
Tafseer:
وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَیۡنِ ﴿٩﴾
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-(9)
Tafseer:
وَهَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَیۡنِ ﴿١٠﴾
And shown him the two highways?(10)
Tafseer:
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.(11)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-(12)
Tafseer:
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾
(It is:) freeing the bondman;(13)
Tafseer:
أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمࣱ فِی یَوۡمࣲ ذِی مَسۡغَبَةࣲ ﴿١٤﴾
Or the giving of food in a day of privation(14)
Tafseer:
یَتِیمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾
To the orphan with claims of relationship,(15)
Tafseer:
أَوۡ مِسۡكِینࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ ﴿١٦﴾
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.(16)
Tafseer:
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.(17)
Tafseer:
أُوْلَـٰۤىِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.(18)
Tafseer:
وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔایَـٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.(19)
Tafseer:
عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).(20)
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