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Sura Xc. Balad, Or The City. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xc.: Balad, Or The City.

Section 1

1.
La oqsimu bihatha albaladI

1. I
do call to witness

This City;--

2.
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladI

2.
And thou art a freeman

Of this City;--

3.
Wawalidin wama waladA

3.
And (the mystic ties

of
) Parent and Child;--

4.
Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadIn

4.
Verily We have created

Man into toil and struggle.

5. Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadUn

5.
Thinketh he, that none

Hath power over him?

6. Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadaN

6. He may say (boastfully):


"Wealth have I squandered

In abundance!
"

7. Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadUn

7.
Thinketh he that none

Beholdeth him?

8. Alam najAAal lahu AAaynaynI

8.
Have We not made

For him a pair of eyes?--

9.
Walisanan washafataynI

9.
And a tongue,

And a pair of lips?--

10.
Wahadaynahu aLnnajdaynI

10.
And shown him

The two highways?

11.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabaTa

11.
But he hath made no haste

On the path that is steep.

12.
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabaTu

12.
And what will explain

To thee the path that is steep?--

13.
Fakku raqabaTin

13.
(It is:) freeing the bondman;

14.
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabaTin

14.
Or the giving of food

In a day of privation

15. Yateeman tha maqrabaTin

15.
To the orphan

With claims of relationship,

16.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabaTin

16.
Or to the indigent

(Down) in the dust.

17.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw biALssabri watawasaw biAlmarhamaTi

17.
Then will he be

Of those who believe,

And enjoin patience, (constancy,

And self-restraint
), and enjoin

Deeds of kindness and compassion.

18.
Ola-ika as-habu almaymanaTi

18.
Such are the Companions

Of the Right Hand.

19.
WaAllatheena kafaroo bi-ayatina hum as-habu almash-amaTi

19.
But those who reject

Our Signs, they are

The (unhappy) Companions

Of the Left Hand.

20.
AAalayhim narun mu/sadaTun

20.
On them will be Fire

Vaulted over (all round).
absal co| absal co
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