QUR'AN: 90: Surah "AL-'BALAD" (The City)

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِہَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

Laa- uq-simu bi-haa-dzal-balad

I do call to witness this City―

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِہَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

Wa-anta Hil-lum bi haa-dzal- balad

And thou art a freeman of this City―

وَوَالِدٍ۬ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Wa-waa-li-diw-wa-maa wa-lad

And (the mystic ties of) Parent and Child―

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

La-qod-kho-loq-nal in-saa-na

fee-kabad

Verily We have created Man into toil

and struggle.

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٌ۬

A-yaH-sabu an-lan-yaq-

dira -'alay-hi a-Had

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالاً۬ لُّبَدًا

Ya-qoo-lu ah-lak-tu maa-

lal-luba-da

He may say (boastfully): "Wealth have

I squandered in abundance!"

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُ ۥۤ أَحَدٌ

A-yaH-sabu al-lam

ya-ro-huu - a-Had

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُ ۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Alam- naj- 'al-la-huu- 'ay- nayn

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?―

وَلِسَانً۬ا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

Wa-li-saa-naw-wa-sha-fa-tayn

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?―

وَهَدَيۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

Wa- ha-dai-naa-hun-naj-dayn

And shown him the two highways?

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

Fa-laq-ta-hamal-'aqobah

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَٮٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

Wa-maa- ad-raa-ka mal- 'aqobah

And what will explain to thee, the path that is steep?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Fak-ku ra-qobah

(It is:) freeing the bondman;

أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمٌ۬ فِى يَوۡمٍ۬ ذِى مَسۡغَبَةٍ۬

Au- itw-'aa-mun fee-yau-min

dzee- mas-gha-bah

Or the giving of food in a day of privation

يَتِيمً۬ا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

Ya-tee-man dzaa-

maq-robah

To the orphan with claims of relationship,

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينً۬ا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍ۬

Au-mis-kee-nan-dzaa-

mat-robah

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ

بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

Tsum-ma kaa-na minal-ladzii-na

aa-manu wa-ta-waa-swau-bis-swobri

wa-ta-waa-swau-bil mar-Ha-mah

Then will he be of those who believe,

and enjoin patience,

(constancy, and self-restraint),

and enjoin deeds of kindness

and compassion.

أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

U-laa-i-ka asw-Haa-bul-mai-manah

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا

هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

Wal-ladzii-na ka-fa-ruu

bi-aa-yaa-tinaa

hum- asw-Haa-bul-

mash- amah

But those who reject Our Signs,

they are the (unhappy) companions

of the Left Hand.

عَلَيۡہِمۡ نَارٌ۬ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

'Alay-him naa-rum-mu'-swodah

On them will be Fire Vaulted over (all round).

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