Al-Balad

90:1Page 594

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

90:2Page 594

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

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

90:3Page 594

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

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

90:4Page 594

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

We have certainly created man into hardship.

90:5Page 594

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

90:6Page 594

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

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

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أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

Does he think that no one has seen him?

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أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

Have We not made for him two eyes?

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وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

And a tongue and two lips?

90:10Page 594

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

And have shown him the two ways?¹

90:11Page 594

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.¹

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وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

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

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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

It is the freeing of a slave

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أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

An orphan of near relationship

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أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

Or a needy person in misery

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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.

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أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

Those are the companions of the right.¹

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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

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

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عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

Over them will be fire closed in.¹