Al-Baladالبلد
Muṣḥaf order 90
Cairo 1924 order #35 Meccan
Verses 20 (Ḥafṣ)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ١
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Nay, I swear by this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٢
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And thou art an indweller of this city -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
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And the begetter and that which he begat,
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ٤
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We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ٥
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Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ٦
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And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧
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Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ٨
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Did We not assign unto him two eyes
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ٩
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And a tongue and two lips,
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ١٠
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And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ١١
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But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
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Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ١٤
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And to feed in the day of hunger.
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ١٥
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An orphan near of kin,
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ١٦
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Or some poor wretch in misery,
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ١٧
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And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ١٨
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Their place will be on the right hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ١٩
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But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ٢٠
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Fire will be an awning over them.