Surah Al-BaladThe City

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 90:1

   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

4. 90:4

   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 90:5

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٌۭ

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

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

7. 90:7

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 90:8

   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 90:14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوۡمٍۢ ذِى مَسۡغَبَةٍۢ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16

    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينًۭا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍۢ

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

18. 90:18

    أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

20. 90:20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌۭ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.