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البلد

Al-Balad
Al-Balad (The City)
20 ayahs Meccan #90

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

آية1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

I swear by this city, Makkah -

آية2

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

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

آية3

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

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

آية4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

We have certainly created man into hardship.

آية5

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

آية6

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

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

آية7

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

Does he think that no one has seen him?

آية8

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes?

آية9

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

And a tongue and two lips?

آية10

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

And have shown him the two ways?

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