Surah Al-Baladالبلد
The City · 20 verses · Meccan
Al-Balad (البلد): full text and translation
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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾
90:1 I do call to witness This City;—
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾
90:2 And thou art a freeman Of this City;—
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾
90:3 And (the mystic ties of) Parent and Child;—
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾
90:4 Verily We have created Man into toil and struggle.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾
90:5 Thinketh he, that none Hath power over him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾
90:6 He may say (boastfully): "Wealth have I squandered In abundance!"
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾
90:7 Thinketh he that none Beholdeth him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾
90:8 Have We not made For him a pair of eyes?—
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾
90:9 And a tongue, And a pair of lips?—
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾
90:10 And shown him The two highways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾
90:11 But he hath made no haste On the path that is steep.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾
90:12 And what will explain To thee the path that is steep?—
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾
90:13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾
90:14 Or the giving of food In a day of privation
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾
90:15 To the orphan With claims of relationship,
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾
90:16 Or to the indigent (Down) in the dust.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾
90:17 Then will he be Of those who believe, And enjoin patience, (constancy, And self-restraint), and enjoin Deeds of kindness and compassion.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾
90:18 Such are the Companions Of the Right Hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾
90:19 But those who reject Our Signs, they are The (unhappy) Companions Of the Left Hand.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
90:20 On them will be Fire Vaulted over (all round).