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لَآأُقْسِمُبِهَـٰذَاٱلْبَلَدِ١
ENI swear by this city, Makkah -
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وَأَنتَحِلٌّۢبِهَـٰذَاٱلْبَلَدِ٢
ENAnd you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
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وَوَالِدٍۢوَمَاوَلَدَ٣
ENAnd [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
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لَقَدْخَلَقْنَاٱلْإِنسَـٰنَفِىكَبَدٍ٤
ENWe have certainly created man into hardship.
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أَيَحْسَبُأَنلَّنيَقْدِرَعَلَيْهِأَحَدٌۭ٥
ENDoes he think that never will anyone overcome him?
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يَقُولُأَهْلَكْتُمَالًۭالُّبَدًا٦
ENHe says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
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أَيَحْسَبُأَنلَّمْيَرَهُۥٓأَحَدٌ٧
ENDoes he think that no one has seen him?
- 8
أَلَمْنَجْعَللَّهُۥعَيْنَيْنِ٨
ENHave We not made for him two eyes?
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وَلِسَانًۭاوَشَفَتَيْنِ٩
ENAnd a tongue and two lips?
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وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠
ENAnd have shown him the two ways?
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فَلَاٱقْتَحَمَٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١
ENBut he has not broken through the difficult pass.
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وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢
ENAnd what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
- 13
فَكُّرَقَبَةٍ١٣
ENIt is the freeing of a slave
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أَوْإِطْعَـٰمٌۭفِىيَوْمٍۢذِىمَسْغَبَةٍۢ١٤
ENOr feeding on a day of severe hunger
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يَتِيمًۭاذَامَقْرَبَةٍ١٥
ENAn orphan of near relationship
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أَوْمِسْكِينًۭاذَامَتْرَبَةٍۢ١٦
ENOr a needy person in misery
- 17
ثُمَّكَانَمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَتَوَاصَوْا۟بِٱلصَّبْرِوَتَوَاصَوْا۟بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧
ENAnd then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَأَصْحَـٰبُٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨
ENThose are the companions of the right.
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وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاهُمْأَصْحَـٰبُٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩
ENBut they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
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عَلَيْهِمْنَارٌۭمُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠
ENOver them will be fire closed in.
Translations: Korkut (BS), Sahih International (EN). Transliteration: en.transliteration (alquran.cloud). Recitation with verse and word timings: Mishary Alafasy (quran.com). Text: alquran.cloud + quran.com.