Surah Al Balad

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90:1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

Lā 'Uqsimu Bihadhā Al-Baladi

I swear by this city, Makkah -

90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

Wa 'Anta Ĥillun Bihadhā Al-Baladi

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

90:3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

Wa Wālidin Wa Mā Walada

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

90:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Fī Kabadin

We have certainly created man into hardship.

90:5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lan Yaqdira `Alayhi 'Aĥadun

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

90:6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

Yaqūlu 'Ahlaktu Mālāan Lubadāan

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

90:7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lam Yarahu 'Aĥadun

Does he think that no one has seen him?

90:8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

'Alam Naj`al Lahu `Aynayni

Have We not made for him two eyes?

90:9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

Wa Lisānāan Wa Shafatayni

And a tongue and two lips?

90:10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

Wa Hadaynāhu An-Najdayni

And have shown him the two ways?

90:11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

Falā Aqtaĥama Al-`Aqabaha

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

90:12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-`Aqabahu

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

90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

Fakku Raqabahin

It is the freeing of a slave

90:14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

'Aw 'Iţ`āmun Fī Yawmin Dhī Masghabahin

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

90:15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

Yatīmāan Dhā Maqrabahin

An orphan of near relationship

90:16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

'Aw Miskīnāan Dhā Matrabahin

Or a needy person in misery

90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

Thumma Kāna Mina Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Tawāşaw Biş-Şabri Wa Tawāşaw Bil-Marĥamahi

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

90:18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

'Ūlā'ika 'Aşĥābu Al-Maymanahi

Those are the companions of the right.

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

Wa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyātinā Hum 'Aşĥābu Al-Mash'amahi

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

90:20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

`Alayhim Nārun Mu'uşadahun

Over them will be fire closed in.

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