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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    I swear by this city, Makkah -

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    وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

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

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    وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

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    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

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    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

    Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

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

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    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    Does he think that no one has seen him?

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    أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

    Have We not made for him two eyes?

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    وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

    And a tongue and two lips?

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  10. 10

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?

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    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

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  13. 13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

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    أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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    يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

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    أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

    Or a needy person in misery

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    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

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

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  18. 18

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.

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    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

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

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    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.

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