Al-Balad
The City
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البلد
لَآ Nay lā I swear uq'simu by this bihādhā city l-baladi
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
وَأَنتَ And you wa-anta (are) free (to dwell) ḥillun in this bihādhā city l-baladi
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدٍۢ And the begetter wawālidin and what wamā he begot walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ Certainly laqad We have created khalaqnā man l-insāna (to be) in fī hardship kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ Does he think ayaḥsabu that an not lan has power yaqdira over him ʿalayhi anyone aḥadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ He will say yaqūlu I have squandered ahlaktu wealth mālan abundant lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ Does he think ayaḥsabu that an not lam sees him yarahu anyone aḥadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ Have not alam We made najʿal for him lahu two eyes ʿaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًۭا And a tongue walisānan and two lips washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ And shown him wahadaynāhu the two ways l-najdayni
And have shown him the two ways?