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Al-Balad, The City

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Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs 'an 'Asim - Murattal

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وَمِمَّا2:3
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ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ2:3

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Surah introduction: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)

تفسير سورة لا أقسم

وهي مكية

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Tafsir as-Sa'di, Arabic v1.0.0, QuranEnc.com

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

English Translation - Noor International Center. Version: 1.1.2. Last updated: 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com

  1. 1

    لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    (1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

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    وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    (2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

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    وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

    (3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],

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    [1924]- Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .

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    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    (4) We have certainly created man into hardship.

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    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

    (5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

    (6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

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    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    (7) Does he think that no one has seen him?

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    أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

    (8) Have We not made for him two eyes?

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    وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

    (9) And a tongue and two lips?

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    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    (10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]

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    [1925]- Of good and evil.

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    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    (11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]

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    [1926]- i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.

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    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

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  13. 13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    (13) It is the freeing of a slave

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    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

    (14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    (15) An orphan of near relationship

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    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

    (16) Or a needy person in misery

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    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

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

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    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    (18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]

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    [1927]- Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.

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    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    (19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]

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    [1928]- Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.

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    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    (20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]

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    [1929]- The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.

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Surah conclusion: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)

والحمد لله.

Tafsir as-Sa'di, Arabic v1.0.0, QuranEnc.com

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