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Surah 90 · Meccan · 20 verses

سُورَةُ البَلَدِ

Al-Balad
The City
90:1
Arabic
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
English
I swear by this city, Makkah -
90:2
Arabic
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
English
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
90:3
Arabic
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ
English
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
90:4
Arabic
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
English
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
Arabic
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ
English
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
Arabic
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا
English
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
Arabic
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
English
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
Arabic
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
English
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
Arabic
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
English
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
Arabic
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
English
And have shown him the two ways?
90:11
Arabic
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
English
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
90:12
Arabic
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
English
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
Arabic
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
English
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
Arabic
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
English
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
Arabic
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
English
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
Arabic
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ
English
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
Arabic
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
English
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
Arabic
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
English
Those are the companions of the right.
90:19
Arabic
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
English
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
90:20
Arabic
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
English
Over them will be fire closed in.