Surah Al-Balad: Arabic, Transliteration and Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ﴿1﴾

   Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

   1.I swear by this city, Makkah -

2. وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ﴿2﴾

   Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

   2.And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

3. وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ﴿3﴾

   Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

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

4. لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ﴿4﴾

   Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

   4.We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ﴿5﴾

   Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

   5.Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا﴿6﴾

   Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

   6.He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

7. أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ﴿7﴾

   Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

   7.Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ﴿8﴾

   Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

   8.Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ﴿9﴾

   Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

   9.And a tongue and two lips?

10. وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ﴿10﴾

    Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

    10.And have shown him the two ways?

11. فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ﴿11﴾

    Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

    11.But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ﴿12﴾

    Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

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

13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ﴿13﴾

    Fakku raqabah

    13.It is the freeing of a slave

14. أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ﴿14﴾

    Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

    14.Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ﴿15﴾

    Yateeman zaa maqrabah

    15.An orphan of near relationship

16. أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ﴿16﴾

    Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

    16.Or a needy person in misery

17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ﴿17﴾

    Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

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

18. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ﴿18﴾

    Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

    18.Those are the companions of the right.

19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ﴿19﴾

    Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

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

20. عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ﴿20﴾

    Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

    20.Over them will be fire closed in.