Surah 90 · Meccan · 20 ayahs

البلدAl-Balad

The City

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 90:1

    لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

    I swear by this city, Makkah

  2. 90:2

    وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

  3. 90:3

    وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

  4. 90:4

    لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship

  5. 90:5

    أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ

    Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

  6. 90:6

    يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

    He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

  7. 90:7

    أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    Does he think that no one has seen him

  8. 90:8

    أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

    Have We not made for him two eyes

  9. 90:9

    وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

    And a tongue and two lips

  10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

    And have shown him the two ways

  11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass

  12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

  13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

  14. 90:14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

  15. 90:15

    يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

  16. 90:16

    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

    Or a needy person in misery

  17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

  18. 90:18

    أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right

  19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

  20. 90:20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in

Arabic text: The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Translations via Tanzil.net and QuranEnc.