Surah Al-Balad
سُورَةُ البَلَدِSurah Al-Balad takes an oath by Makkah and describes the steep path to salvation through freeing slaves, feeding the hungry, and showing compassion.
لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ۟ۙ
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ۟ۙ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَ ۟ۙ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ فِیْ كَبَدٍ ۟ؕ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
اَیَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّنْ یَّقْدِرَ عَلَیْهِ اَحَدٌ ۟ۘ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
یَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ۟ؕ
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
اَیَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّمْ یَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۟ؕ
Does he think that no one has seen him?
اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَیْنَیْنِ ۟ۙ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَیْنِ ۟ۙ
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَیْنٰهُ النَّجْدَیْنِ ۟ۚ
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ ۟ؗۖ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ ۟ؕ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۟ۙ
It is the freeing of a slave
اَوْ اِطْعٰمٌ فِیْ یَوْمٍ ذِیْ مَسْغَبَةٍ ۟ۙ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
یَّتِیْمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ۟ۙ
An orphan of near relationship
اَوْ مِسْكِیْنًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ۟ؕ
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ ۟ؕ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
اُولٰٓىِٕكَ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَیْمَنَةِ ۟ؕ
Those are the companions of the right.
وَالَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا هُمْ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۟ؕ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَیْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ۟۠
Over them will be fire closed in.