Surah Al-Balad in the Qaloun Recitation

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا اَ۬لْبَلَدِ﴿1﴾

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا اَ۬لْبَلَدِ﴿2﴾

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

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ﴿3﴾

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

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا اَ۬لْإِنسَٰنَ فِے كَبَدٍۖ﴿4﴾

We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسِبُ أَن لَّنْ يَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٞ﴿5﴾

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالاٗ لُّبَداًۖ﴿6﴾

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

أَيَحْسِبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥ أَحَدٌۖ﴿7﴾

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ﴿8﴾

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَاناٗ وَشَفَتَيْنِ﴿9﴾

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ اُ۬لنَّجْدَيْنِۖ﴿10﴾

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا اَ۪قْتَحَمَ اَ۬لْعَقَبَةَۖ﴿11﴾

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَا أَدْرَيٰكَ مَا اَ۬لْعَقَبَةُۖ﴿12﴾

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ﴿13﴾

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَامٞ فِے يَوْمٖ ذِے مَسْغَبَةٖ﴿14﴾

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيماٗ ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ﴿15﴾

An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِيناٗ ذَا مَتْرَبَةٖۖ﴿16﴾

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ اَ۬لذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِالْمَرْحَمَةِۖ﴿17﴾

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

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ اُ۬لْمَيْمَنَةِۖ﴿18﴾

Those are the companions of the right.

وَالذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ اُ۬لْمَشْـَٔمَةِۖ﴿19﴾

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٞ مُّوصَدَةُۢۖ﴿20﴾

Over them will be fire closed in.