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Al-Balad

1

لَا
Nay!
أُقْسِمُuq'simu
I swear
بِهَذَاbihādhā
by this
الْبَلَدِl-baladi
city,
I swear by this city––

2

وَأَنْتَwa-anta
And you
حِلٌّḥillun
(are) free (to dwell)
بِهَذَاbihādhā
in this
الْبَلَدِl-baladi
city.
and you [Prophet] are an inhabitant of this city––

3

وَوَالِدٍwawālidin
And the begetter
وَمَاwamā
and what
وَلَدَwalada
he begot.
[I swear] by parent and offspring,

4

لَقَدْlaqad
Certainly,
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā
We have created
الْإِنْسَانَl-insāna
man
فِي
(to be) in
كَبَدٍkabadin
hardship.
that We have created man for toil and trial.

5

أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabu
Does he think
أَنْan
that
لَنْlan
not
يَقْدِرَyaqdira
has power
عَلَيْهِʿalayhi
over him
أَحَدٌaḥadun
anyone?
Does he think that no one will have power over him?

6

يَقُولُyaqūlu
He will say,
أَهْلَكْتُahlaktu
"I have squandered
مَالًاmālan
wealth
لُبَدًاlubadan
abundant."
‘I have squandered great wealth,’ he says.

7

أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabu
Does he think
أَنْan
that
لَمْlam
not
يَرَهُyarahu
sees him
أَحَدٌaḥadun
anyone?
Does he think no one observes him?

8

أَلَمْalam
Have not
نَجْعَلْnajʿal
We made
لَهُlahu
for him
عَيْنَيْنِʿaynayni
two eyes?
Did We not give him eyes,

9

وَلِسَانًاwalisānan
And a tongue,
وَشَفَتَيْنِwashafatayni
and two lips?
a tongue, lips,

10

وَهَدَيْنَاهُwahadaynāhu
And shown him
النَّجْدَيْنِl-najdayni
the two ways?
and point out to him the two clear ways [of good and evil]?

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