Al-Baladسُوۡرَةُ البَلَد
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most Merciful.
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
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I swear by this city (Makkah),
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
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And (O Prophet! there is an another honour of this city that is ) you are an inhabitant of this city
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
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We have created man such (that he remains ) in ( a state of perpetual) toil,
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
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Does he think that none will ever overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
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He says: ”I have wasted wealth in abundance, (Nobody ruined me?)!”
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
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Does he think that none sees him?
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
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Have We not blessed him with a pair of eyes?
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
﴾۱۰﴿
And (have we not) shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
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But he did not make his way through the steep valley,
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
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And (O Prophet!) What will make you realize what the steep valley is?
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
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Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
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پھر وہ (صرف یہ ہی کام نہ کرے بلکہ وہ) ان لوگوں میں شامل ہو جو ایمان لائے، صبر کی وصیّت کرتے رہے اور رحم کی وصیّت کرتے رہے
Then he (should not only do this but) became one of those who believed, and enjoined one another to patience, and (also) enjoined one another to be compassionate,
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
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They are those on the Right Hand,
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
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But those who disbelieved in Our verses they are those on the Left Hand,