Al-Balad · The City

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 90:1

   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ﴿١﴾

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

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ﴿٢﴾

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

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ﴿٣﴾

   And [by] the father¹⁹²⁴ and that which was born [of him],

4. 90:4

   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ﴿٤﴾

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 90:5

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ﴿٥﴾

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا﴿٦﴾

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

7. 90:7

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ﴿٧﴾

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 90:8

   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ﴿٨﴾

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ﴿٩﴾

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ﴿١٠﴾

    And have shown him the two ways?¹⁹²⁵

11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ﴿١١﴾

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.¹⁹²⁶

12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ﴿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

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ﴿١٤﴾

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ﴿١٥﴾

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16

    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ﴿١٦﴾

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ﴿١٧﴾

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

18. 90:18

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ﴿١٨﴾

    Those are the companions of the right.¹⁹²⁷

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ﴿١٩﴾

    But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.¹⁹²⁸

20. 90:20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ﴿٢٠﴾

    Over them will be fire closed in.¹⁹²⁹