بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾﴿١﴾
I swear by this land.
2وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾﴿٢﴾
And you are a resident of this land.
3وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾﴿٣﴾
And by a father and what he fathered.
4لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾﴿٤﴾
We created man in distress.
5أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾﴿٥﴾
Does he think that no one has power over him?
6يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾﴿٦﴾
He says, “I have used up so much money.”
7أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾﴿٧﴾
Does he think that no one sees him?
8أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾﴿٨﴾
Did We not give him two eyes?
9وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾﴿٩﴾
And a tongue, and two lips?
10وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾﴿١٠﴾
And We showed him the two ways?
11فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾﴿١١﴾
But he did not brave the ascent.
12وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾﴿١٢﴾
And what will explain to you what the ascent is?
13فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾﴿١٣﴾
The freeing of a slave.
14أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾﴿١٤﴾
Or the feeding on a day of hunger.
15يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾﴿١٥﴾
An orphan near of kin.
16أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾﴿١٦﴾
Or a destitute in the dust.
17ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾﴿١٧﴾
Then he becomes of those who believe, and advise one another to patience, and advise one another to kindness.
18أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾﴿١٨﴾
These are the people of happiness.
19وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾﴿١٩﴾
But as for those who defy Our revelations—these are the people of misery.
20عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾﴿٢٠﴾
Upon them is a padlocked Fire.
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