بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad
Nay! I swear by this city.
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Wa waalidinw wa maa walad
And the begetter and whom he begot.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ
Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad
Does he think that no one has power over him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad
Does he think that no one sees him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn
Have We not given him two eyes,
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn
And a tongue and two lips,
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Wa hadaynaahun najdayn
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Falaq tahamal-'aqabah
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Fakku raqabah
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Yateeman zaa maqrabah
To an orphan, having relationship,
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ
Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah
These are the people of the right hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
Alaihim naarum mu'sadah
On them is fire closed over.
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