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Al Balad

THE HOLY QUR’AN English translation by Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir Formatted by School of Qur’an (www.schoolofquranunlimited.blogspot.com) A;-Balad (The City, This Countryside)

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Al Balad

THE HOLY QUR’AN English translation by Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir Formatted by School of Qur’an (www.schoolofquranunlimited.blogspot.com) A;-Balad (The City, This Countryside)

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THE HOLY QURAN

English translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Mohamme d Marmaduke Pickthall an d Muhammad Habib Shakir

Formatte d by School of Quran (www.schoolofquranunlimited.blogspot.com)

AL-BALAD (THE CIT Y, THIS COUNTRYSIDE) Total Verses: 20 Revealed At: MAKKA

090.001 YUSUFALI: I do call to witness this City;PICKTHAL: Nay, I swear by this city SHAKIR: Nay! I swear by this city. 090.002 YUSUFALI: And thou art a freeman of this City;PICKTHAL: And thou art an indweller of this city SHAKIR: And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-090.003 YUSUFALI: And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;PICKTHAL: And the begetter and that which he begat, SHAKIR: And the begetter and whom he begot. 090.004 YUSUFALI: Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. PICKTHAL: We verily have created man in an atmosphere: SHAKIR: Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 090.005 YUSUFALI: Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

PICKTHAL: Thinketh he that none hath power over him? SHAKIR: Does he think that no one has power over him? 090.006 YUSUFALI: He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! PICKTHAL: And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth: SHAKIR: He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 090.007 YUSUFALI: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? PICKTHAL: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? SHAKIR: Does he think that no one sees him? 090.008 YUSUFALI: Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?PICKTHAL: Did We not assign unto him two eyes SHAKIR: Have We not given him two eyes, 090.009 YUSUFALI: And a tongue, and a pair of lips?PICKTHAL: And a tongue and two lips, SHAKIR: And a tongue and two lips, 090.010 YUSUFALI: And shown him the two highways? PICKTHAL: And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? SHAKIR: And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

090.011 YUSUFALI: But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. PICKTHAL: But he hath not attempted the Ascent SHAKIR: But he would not attempt the uphill road, 090.012 YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?PICKTHAL: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! SHAKIR: And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 090.013 YUSUFALI: (It is:) freeing the bondman; PICKTHAL: (It is) to free a slave, SHAKIR: (It is) the setting free of a slave, 090.014 YUSUFALI: Or the giving of food in a day of privation PICKTHAL: And to feed in the day of hunger. SHAKIR: Or the giving of food in a day of hunger 090.015 YUSUFALI: To the orphan with claims of relationship, PICKTHAL: An orphan near of kin, SHAKIR: To an orphan, having relationship, 090.016 YUSUFALI: Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

PICKTHAL: Or some poor wretch in misery, SHAKIR: Or to the poor man lying in the dust. 090.017 YUSUFALI: Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. PICKTHAL: And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity. SHAKIR: Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. 090.018 YUSUFALI: Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. PICKTHAL: Their place will be on the right hand. SHAKIR: These are the people of the right hand. 090.019 YUSUFALI: But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. PICKTHAL: But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand. SHAKIR: And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand. 090.020 YUSUFALI: On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). PICKTHAL: Fire will be an awning over them. SHAKIR: On them is re closed over.

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