Al-Balad
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البلد
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
🎧 Offline recording — Maytham Al Tammar
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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
lā uq'simu bihādhā l-baladi
Nay I swear by this city
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi
And you (are) free (to dwell) in this city
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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
wawālidin wamā walada
And the begetter and what he begot
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
laqad khalaqnā l-insāna fī kabadin
Certainly We have created man (to be) in hardship
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
ayaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥadun
Does he think that not has power over him anyone
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan lubadan
He will say I have squandered wealth abundant
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
ayaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥadun
Does he think that not sees him anyone
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
alam najʿal lahu ʿaynayni
Have not We made for him two eyes
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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
walisānan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips
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وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
wahadaynāhu l-najdayni
And shown him the two ways
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فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
falā iq'taḥama l-ʿaqabata
But not he has attempted the steep path
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
wamā adrāka mā l-ʿaqabatu
And what can make you know what the steep path (is)
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
fakku raqabatin
(It is) freeing a neck
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أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
aw iṭ'ʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabatin
Or feeding in a day of severe hunger
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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
yatīman dhā maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
aw mis'kīnan dhā matrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
thumma kāna mina alladhīna āmanū watawāṣaw bil-ṣabri watawāṣaw bil-marḥamati
Then he is of those who believe and enjoin (each other) to patience and enjoin (each other) to compassion
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
ulāika aṣḥābu l-maymanati
Those (are the) companions (of) the right (hand)
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
wa-alladhīna kafarū biāyātinā hum aṣḥābu l-mashamati
But those who disbelieve in Our Verses they (are the) companions (of) the left (hand)
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
ʿalayhim nārun mu'ṣadatun
Over them (will be the) Fire closed in