Surah 90 of 114

Surah Al-Balad

سُورَةُ الْبَلَدِ

The City · Meccan · 20 ayat · from page 594 of the Madinah muṣḥaf

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    I swear by this city, Makkah -

    90:1
  2. وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

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

    90:2
  3. وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

    90:3
  4. لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

    90:4
  5. أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدࣱ

    Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

    90:5
  6. يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا

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

    90:6
  7. أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    Does he think that no one has seen him?

    90:7
  8. أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

    Have We not made for him two eyes?

    90:8
  9. وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

    And a tongue and two lips?

    90:9
  10. وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?

    90:10
  11. فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

    90:11
  12. وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

    90:12
  13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

    90:13
  14. أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمࣱ فِى يَوْمࣲ ذِى مَسْغَبَةࣲ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

    90:14
  15. يَتِيمࣰا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

    90:15
  16. أَوْ مِسْكِينࣰا ذَا مَتْرَبَةࣲ

    Or a needy person in misery

    90:16
  17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

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

    90:17
  18. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.

    90:18
  19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

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

    90:19
  20. عَلَيْهِمْ نَارࣱ مُّؤْصَدَةُۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.

    90:20

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