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Surah 90 of 114

البلد

Al-Balad · The City

20 verses · Revealed in Makkah

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 90:1

    لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝١

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

  2. 90:2

    وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝٢

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

  3. 90:3

    وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ۝٣

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

  4. 90:4

    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ۝٤

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

  5. 90:5

    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ۝٥

    Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

  6. 90:6

    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ۝٦

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

  7. 90:7

    أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٧

    Does he think that no one has seen him?

  8. 90:8

    أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ۝٨

    Have We not made for him two eyes?

  9. 90:9

    وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ۝٩

    And a tongue and two lips?

  10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ۝١٠

    And have shown him the two ways?

  11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ۝١١

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

  12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ۝١٢

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

  13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۝١٣

    It is the freeing of a slave

  14. 90:14

    أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ۝١٤

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

  15. 90:15

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ۝١٥

    An orphan of near relationship

  16. 90:16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ۝١٦

    Or a needy person in misery

  17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ۝١٧

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

  18. 90:18

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ۝١٨

    Those are the companions of the right.

  19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشَْٔمَةِ ۝١٩

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

  20. 90:20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ۝٢٠

    Over them will be fire closed in.