Surah 90: Al-Balad سُورَةُ البَلَدِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ 1

¹Nay, I swear by this city -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ 2

²And thou art an indweller of this city -

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ 3

³And the begetter and that which he begat,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ 4

⁴We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ 5

⁵Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا 6

⁶And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ 7

⁷Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ 8

⁸Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ 9

⁹And a tongue and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ 10

¹⁰And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ 11

¹¹But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ 12

¹²Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ 13

¹³(It is) to free a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ 14

¹⁴And to feed in the day of hunger.

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ 15

¹⁵An orphan near of kin,

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ 16

¹⁶Or some poor wretch in misery,

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ 17

¹⁷And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ 18

¹⁸Their place will be on the right hand.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ 19

¹⁹But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ 20

²⁰Fire will be an awning over them.