بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ لا أُقسِمُ بِهـٰذَا البَلَدِ

Nay, I swear by this city.

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهـٰذَا البَلَدِ

And you are a dweller in this city.

وَوالِدٍ وَما وَلَدَ

And by a parent and what he fathered.

لَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ في كَبَدٍ

We created man in struggle.

يَقولُ أَهلَكتُ مالًا لُبَدًا

He boasts, “I have squandered a great wealth.”

أَيَحسَبُ أَن لَم يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that none sees him?

أَلَم نَجعَل لَهُ عَينَينِ

Didn’t We give him two eyes?

وَلِسانًا وَشَفَتَينِ

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيناهُ النَّجدَينِ

And We guided him to the two diverging ways?