Surah Al-Balad Translation in English

Al-Balad – (The City)

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

I swear by this city, Makkah –

2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city –

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3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

We have certainly created man into hardship.

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5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira ‘alaihi ahad

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

He says, “I have spent wealth in abundance.”

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7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

Does he think that no one has seen him?

8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Alam naj’al lahoo ‘aynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes?

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9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

And a tongue and two lips?

10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

And have shown him the two ways?

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11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

Falaq tahamal-‘aqabah

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

Wa maaa adraaka mal’aqabah

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

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13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Fakku raqabah

It is the freeing of a slave

14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

Aw it’aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

Yateeman zaa maqrabah

An orphan of near relationship

16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

Or a needy person in misery

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17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one

18

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

Ulaaa’ika As-haabul maimanah

Those are the companions of the right.

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19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash’amah

But they who disbelieved in Our signs – those are the companions of the left.

20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

Alaihim naarum mu’sadah

Over them will be fire closed in.

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