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Al-Balad

The City

Surah 90 · Meccan · 20 ayahs

البلد
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

    Lā uqsimu bihādhal-balad.

    I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

  2. وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

    Wa anta ḥillum bihādhal-balad.

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

  3. وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

    Wa wālidiw wa mā walad.

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

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .

  4. لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

    Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī kabad.

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

  5. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

    Ayaḥsabu al lay yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥad.

    Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

  6. يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

    Yaqūlu ahlaktu mālal lubadā.

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

  7. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

    Ayaḥsabu al lam yarahū aḥad.

    Does he think that no one has seen him?

  8. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

    Alam najʿal lahū ʿaynayn.

    Have We not made for him two eyes?

  9. وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

    Wa lisānaw wa shafatayn.

    And a tongue and two lips?

  10. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

    Wa hadaynāhun-najdayn.

    And have shown him the two ways?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Of good and evil.

  11. فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

    Falaqtaḥamal-ʿaqabah.

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1

    Footnotes (1)
    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.

  12. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

    Wa mā adrāka mal-ʿaqabah.

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

  13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

    Fakku raqabah.

    It is the freeing of a slave

  14. أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

    Aw iṭʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabah.

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

  15. يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

    Yatīman dhā maqrabah.

    An orphan of near relationship

  16. أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

    Aw miskīnan dhā matrabah.

    Or a needy person in misery

  17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

    Thumma kāna minal-ladhīna āmanū wa tawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabri wa tawāṣaw bil-marḥamah.

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

  18. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

    Ulāʾika aṣḥābul-maymanah.

    Those are the companions of the right.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.

  19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

    Wal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyātinā hum aṣḥābul-mashʾamah.

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

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.

  20. عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

    ʿAlayhim nārum muʾṣadah.

    Over them will be fire closed in.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.