Acts of Charity and Liberation in Islam
Al-Balad — Verses 8–16 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ ٨
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?
- أَلَمْ نَجْعَل
- Have We not made
- لَّهُ
- for him
- عَيْنَيْنِ
- a pair of eyes
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ٩
And a tongue and a pair of lips?
- وَلِسَانًا
- And a tongue
- وَشَفَتَيْنِ
- and a pair of lips
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ ١٠
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
- وَهَدَيْنَاهُ
- And shown him
- النَّجْدَيْنِ
- the two ways (good and evil)
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ ١١
But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.
- فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ
- But he has made no effort to pass
- الْعَقَبَةَ
- on the path that is steep
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
- وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ
- And what will make you know
- مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
- the path that is steep?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)
- فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
- Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ ١٤
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
- أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ
- Or giving food
- فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
- in a day of hunger (famine)
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ١٥
To an orphan near of kin.
- يَتِيمًا
- To an orphan
- ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
- near of kin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ١٦
Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery.
- أَوْ مِسْكِينًا
- Or to a Miskin (poor)
- ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
- afflicted with misery