Al-Balad

Sahih International

I swear by this city, Makkah -

Yusuf Ali

I do call to witness this City;-

Pickthall

Nay, I swear by this city -

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And thou art a freeman of this City;-

Pickthall

And thou art an indweller of this city -

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-

Pickthall

And the begetter and that which he begat,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Sahih International

We have certainly created man into hardship.

Yusuf Ali

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Pickthall

We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Sahih International

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Yusuf Ali

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Pickthall

Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

Pickthall

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا

Sahih International

Does he think that no one has seen him?

Yusuf Ali

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Pickthall

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Sahih International

Have We not made for him two eyes?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Sahih International

And a tongue and two lips?

Yusuf Ali

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

Pickthall

And a tongue and two lips,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Sahih International

And have shown him the two ways?

Yusuf Ali

And shown him the two highways?

Pickthall

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Sahih International

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Sahih International

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Sahih International

It is the freeing of a slave

Yusuf Ali

(It is:) freeing the bondman;

Pickthall

(It is) to free a slave,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Sahih International

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Yusuf Ali

Or the giving of food in a day of privation

Pickthall

And to feed in the day of hunger.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Sahih International

An orphan of near relationship

Yusuf Ali

To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Pickthall

An orphan near of kin,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Sahih International

Or a needy person in misery

Yusuf Ali

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

Pickthall

Or some poor wretch in misery,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Sahih International

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

Yusuf Ali

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.

Pickthall

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Sahih International

Those are the companions of the right.

Yusuf Ali

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

Pickthall

Their place will be on the right hand.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Sahih International

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

Yusuf Ali

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

Pickthall

But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

Sahih International

Over them will be fire closed in.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Fire will be an awning over them.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ