Al-BaladJuz 30 · Page 594

Al-Balad 90:2

The City · Juz 30 · Page 594

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

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

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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ (and [ 0 Holy Prophet,] you are going to be allowed to fight in this city....90:2). The word hillun bears two possibilities: [ 1] It could be derived from hulul which signifies to reside in or to descend on some place. In this sense, hillun signifies 'a dweller or resident' and the verse purports to say that the city of Makkah itself is sacred, and since Holy Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the inhabitant of this city, it adds to the sanctity, honour and glory of the place. Thus, on account of the Holy Prophet's ﷺ residing in that city its honour and sanctity has been enhanced and augmented. The second possibility is that it is derived from hillatun which means 'the thing the doing of which is lawful'. From this point of view, hillun could signify one of two things: One that the pagans of Makkah consider it lawful to do the Holy Prophet ﷺ any harm, even to kill him, in this City of Makkah which is so sacred that the doing of harm to a living creature in its precincts, not to say of killing it or hunting it, is strictly forbidden even according to their own belief system. Secondly, this may be a prophecy that the city of Makkah is going to be made lawful for the Holy Prophet in the sense that fighting in it will be allowed for him for a specified time, and He will alight in this City of Makkah, as it happened on the occasion of the Conquest of Makkah. On this occasion, all the injunctions and ordinances of the حرم Haram were suspended for one day, and it was made lawful to kill the disbelievers. Mazhari cites three possible meanings, and says that all three of them are equally possible.

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Al-FajrJuz 30 · Page 594

89:24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1

1 translator’s note
  1. The everlasting life of the Hereafter. ↩

89:25

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

89:26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

89:27

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

89:28

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

89:29

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

And enter among My [righteous] servants

89:30

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

And enter My Paradise."

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Al-Balad

The City · Meccan · 20 ayahs

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

90:1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

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

90:3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

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

1 translator’s note
  1. Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) . ↩

90:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

We have certainly created man into hardship.

90:5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

90:6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

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

90:7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

Does he think that no one has seen him?

90:8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

Have We not made for him two eyes?

90:9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

And a tongue and two lips?

90:10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

And have shown him the two ways?1

1 translator’s note
  1. Of good and evil. ↩

90:11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1

1 translator’s note
  1. i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others. ↩

90:12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

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

90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

It is the freeing of a slave

90:14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

90:15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

An orphan of near relationship

90:16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

Or a needy person in misery

90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

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

90:18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

Those are the companions of the right.1

1 translator’s note
  1. Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise. ↩

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

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

1 translator’s note
  1. Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell. ↩

90:20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

Over them will be fire closed in.1

1 translator’s note
  1. The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants. ↩
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