Surah Al-Balad

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

La uksimü bilhazelbeledi

“I do call to witness this City”

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

Ve ente hıllün bihazelbeledi

“And thou art a freeman of this City”

وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

Ve validin ve ma velede

“And (the mystic ties of) parent and child”

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Lekad halaknel´insane fiy kebedin

“Verily We have created man into toil and struggle”

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ‏ ﴿٥﴾

Eyahsebü en len yakdire ´aleyhi ehadün

“Thinketh he, that none hath power over him”

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰ ا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

Yekulü ehlektü malen lübeden

“He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance”

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Eyahsebü en lem yerehu ehadün

“Thinketh he that none beholdeth him”

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ﴿٨﴾

Elem nec´al lehu ´ayneyni

“Have We not made for him a pair of eyes”

وَلِسَانࣰ ا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ﴿٩﴾

Ve lisanen ve şefeteyni

“And a tongue, and a pair of lips”

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ﴿١٠﴾

Ve hedeynahünnecdeyni

“And shown him the two highways”

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

Felaktehamel´akabete

“But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep”

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

Ve ma edrake mel´akabetü

“And what will explain to thee the path that is steep”

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Fekkü rekabetin

“(It is:) freeing the bondman”

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ‏ ﴿١٤﴾

Ev ıt´amün fiy yevmin ziy mesğabetin

“Or the giving of food in a day of privation”

يَتِيمࣰ ا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Yetiymen za makrebetin

“To the orphan with claims of relationship”

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰ ا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ‏ ﴿١٦﴾

Ev miskiynen za metrebetin

“Or to the indigent (down) in the dust”

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Sümme kane minelleziyne amenu ve tevasav bissabri ve tevasav bilmerhameti

“Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion”

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Ol,eke ashabülmeymene

“Such are the Companions of the Right Hand”

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

Velleziyne keferu biayatina hüm ashabülmeş´emeti

“But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand”

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

´Aleyhim narün mü´sadetün

“On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round)”