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الْبَلَدُ

90. Surah Al-Balad

The City

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

90:1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ١

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

— Saheeh International

90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ٢

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

— Saheeh International

90:3
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣

And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him],

— Saheeh International

90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ٤

We have certainly created man into hardship.

— Saheeh International

90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ٥

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

— Saheeh International

90:6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا٦

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

— Saheeh International

90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧

Does he think that no one has seen him?

— Saheeh International

90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ٨

Have We not made for him two eyes?

— Saheeh International

90:9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩

And a tongue and two lips?

— Saheeh International

90:10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠

And have shown him the two ways?1

— Saheeh International

90:11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1

— Saheeh International

90:12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢

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

— Saheeh International

90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣

It is the freeing of a slave

— Saheeh International

90:14
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ١٤

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

— Saheeh International

90:15
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥

An orphan of near relationship

— Saheeh International

90:16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ١٦

Or a needy person in misery

— Saheeh International

90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧

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

— Saheeh International

90:18
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨

Those are the companions of the right.1

— Saheeh International

90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1

— Saheeh International

90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠

Over them will be fire closed in.1

— Saheeh International

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