90 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Ahmed Ali
I CALL THIS earth to witness --
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سُورَةُ البَلَدِ
Al-Balad · 20 verses
90 : 2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Ahmed Ali
And you are free to live upon it, --
90 : 3
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Ahmed Ali
And the parent and the offspring,
90 : 4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Ahmed Ali
That We created man in toil and trouble.
90 : 5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ
Ahmed Ali
Does he think that no one has power over him?
90 : 6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا
Ahmed Ali
He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth."
90 : 7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ahmed Ali
Does he think that no one sees him?
90 : 8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Ahmed Ali
Did We not give him two eyes,
90 : 9
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Ahmed Ali
One tongue, and two lips,
90 : 10
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Ahmed Ali
And showed him two highways (of good and evil)?
90 : 11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Ahmed Ali
But he could not scale the steep ascent.
90 : 12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Ahmed Ali
How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is? --
90 : 13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Ahmed Ali
To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery),
90 : 14
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Or to feed in times of famine
90 : 15
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Ahmed Ali
The orphan near in relationship,
90 : 16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Or the poor in distress;
90 : 17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Ahmed Ali
And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind.
90 : 18
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Ahmed Ali
They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed).
90 : 19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Ahmed Ali
But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand:
90 : 20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
Ahmed Ali
The Fire will vault them over.