Surah 90 · Makki

Al-Balad

The City · 20 ayat

البلد

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90:1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ﴿1﴾

I swear by this city, Makkah

90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ﴿2﴾

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

90:3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ﴿3﴾

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

90:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ﴿4﴾

We have certainly created man into hardship

90:5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ﴿5﴾

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

90:6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا﴿6﴾

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

90:7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ﴿7﴾

Does he think that no one has seen him

90:8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ﴿8﴾

Have We not made for him two eyes

90:9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ﴿9﴾

And a tongue and two lips

90:10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ﴿10﴾

And have shown him the two ways

90:11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ﴿11﴾

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

90:12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ﴿12﴾

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

90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ﴿13﴾

It is the freeing of a slave

90:14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ﴿14﴾

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

90:15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ﴿15﴾

An orphan of near relationship

90:16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ﴿16﴾

Or a needy person in misery

90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ﴿17﴾

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

90:18

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ﴿18﴾

Those are the companions of the right

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ﴿19﴾

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

90:20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ﴿20﴾

Over them will be fire closed in

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.