Surah Al-Balad

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

90:1 I swear by this city, Makkah

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

90:2 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

90:3 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

90:4 We have certainly created man into hardship

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

90:5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

90:6 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

90:7 Does he think that no one has seen him

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

90:8 Have We not made for him two eyes

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

90:9 And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

90:10 And have shown him the two ways

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

90:11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

90:12 And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

90:13 It is the freeing of a slave

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

90:14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

90:15 An orphan of near relationship

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

90:16 Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

90:17 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

90:18 Those are the companions of the right

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

90:19 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

90:20 Over them will be fire closed in