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سورة البلد

Al-Balad · The City

20 ayahs Makki Page 594 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, I swear by this city -

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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd thou art an indweller of this city -

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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the begetter and that which he begat,

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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe verily have created man in an atmosphere:

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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThinketh he that none hath power over him?

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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThinketh he that none beholdeth him?

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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDid We not assign unto him two eyes

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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd a tongue and two lips,

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وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

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فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut he hath not attempted the Ascent -

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAh, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(It is) to free a slave,

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أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd to feed in the day of hunger.

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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAn orphan near of kin,

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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr some poor wretch in misery,

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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTheir place will be on the right hand.

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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFire will be an awning over them.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).