Surah Al-Balad (البَلَد)

Ayat 1–20

لَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ ۝١

90:1Nay, I swear by this city -

وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّ ۢ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ ۝٢

90:2And thou art an indweller of this city -

وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَۙ ۝٣

90:3And the begetter and that which he begat,

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡ كَبَدٍؕ ۝٤

90:4We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌۘ ۝٥

90:5Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاؕ ۝٦

90:6And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌؕ ۝٧

90:7Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ ۝٨

90:8Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ ۝٩

90:9And a tongue and two lips,

وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِۚ ۝١٠

90:10And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَۖ ۝١١

90:11But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُؕ ۝١٢

90:12Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ ۝١٣

90:13(It is) to free a slave,

اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِىۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِىۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍۙ ۝١٤

90:14And to feed in the day of hunger.

يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍۙ ۝١٥

90:15An orphan near of kin,

اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍؕ ۝١٦

90:16Or some poor wretch in misery,

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِؕ ۝١٧

90:17And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِؕ ۝١٨

90:18Their place will be on the right hand.

وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔـمَةِؕ ۝١٩

90:19But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌ ۝٢٠

90:20Fire will be an awning over them.