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Surah Al-Balad

Meccan 20 Ayahs Juz 1
البلد

Surah Al-Balad (البلد) is chapter 90 of the Holy Quran — a Meccan surah of 20 verses (ayahs).

Bismillah
بِسْمِIn (the) namebis'miٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
90:1
لَآNaylāأُقْسِمُI swearuq'simuبِهَـٰذَاby thisbihādhāٱلْبَلَدِcityl-baladi١
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
90:2
وَأَنتَAnd youwa-antaحِلٌّۢ(are) free (to dwell)ḥillunبِهَـٰذَاin thisbihādhāٱلْبَلَدِcityl-baladi٢
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
90:3
وَوَالِدٍۢAnd the begetterwawālidinوَمَاand whatwamāوَلَدَhe begotwalada٣
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
90:4
لَقَدْCertainlylaqadخَلَقْنَاWe have createdkhalaqnāٱلْإِنسَـٰنَmanl-insānaفِى(to be) infīكَبَدٍhardshipkabadin٤
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
أَيَحْسَبُDoes he thinkayaḥsabuأَنthatanلَّنnotlanيَقْدِرَhas poweryaqdiraعَلَيْهِover himʿalayhiأَحَدٌۭanyoneaḥadun٥
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
يَقُولُHe will sayyaqūluأَهْلَكْتُI have squanderedahlaktuمَالًۭاwealthmālanلُّبَدًاabundantlubadan٦
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
أَيَحْسَبُDoes he thinkayaḥsabuأَنthatanلَّمْnotlamيَرَهُۥٓsees himyarahuأَحَدٌanyoneaḥadun٧
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
أَلَمْHave notalamنَجْعَلWe madenajʿalلَّهُۥfor himlahuعَيْنَيْنِtwo eyesʿaynayni٨
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
وَلِسَانًۭاAnd a tonguewalisānanوَشَفَتَيْنِand two lipswashafatayni٩
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُAnd shown himwahadaynāhuٱلنَّجْدَيْنِthe two waysl-najdayni١٠
And have shown him the two ways?
90:11
فَلَاBut notfalāٱقْتَحَمَhe has attemptediq'taḥamaٱلْعَقَبَةَthe steep pathl-ʿaqabata١١
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
90:12
وَمَآAnd whatwamāأَدْرَىٰكَcan make you knowadrākaمَاwhatmāٱلْعَقَبَةُthe steep path (is)l-ʿaqabatu١٢
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
فَكُّ(It is) freeingfakkuرَقَبَةٍa neckraqabatin١٣
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَوْOrawإِطْعَـٰمٌۭfeedingiṭ'ʿāmunفِىinfīيَوْمٍۢa dayyawminذِىofdhīمَسْغَبَةٍۢsevere hungermasghabatin١٤
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتِيمًۭاAn orphanyatīmanذَاofdhāمَقْرَبَةٍnear relationshipmaqrabatin١٥
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَوْOrawمِسْكِينًۭاa needy personmis'kīnanذَاindhāمَتْرَبَةٍۢmiserymatrabatin١٦
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمَّThenthummaكَانَhe iskānaمِنَofminaٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟believeāmanūوَتَوَاصَوْا۟and enjoin (each other)watawāṣawبِٱلصَّبْرِto patiencebil-ṣabriوَتَوَاصَوْا۟and enjoin (each other)watawāṣawبِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِto compassionbil-marḥamati١٧
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَThoseulāikaأَصْحَـٰبُ(are the) companionsaṣḥābuٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ(of) the right (hand)l-maymanati١٨
Those are the companions of the right.
90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَBut those whowa-alladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟disbelievekafarūبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاin Our Versesbiāyātināهُمْtheyhumأَصْحَـٰبُ(are the) companionsaṣḥābuٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ(of) the left (hand)l-mashamati١٩
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
90:20
عَلَيْهِمْOver themʿalayhimنَارٌۭ(will be the) Firenārunمُّؤْصَدَةٌۢclosed inmu'ṣadatun٢٠
Over them will be fire closed in.