بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾
(1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –
90:1
90. Al-Balad
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البلد
Arabic text: Tanzil Project (Uthmani script, Hafs narration). Translation: Saheeh International (Noor International Center), via QuranEnc.com. Source details
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾
(2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –
90:2
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾
(3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],
Translation notes
[1924]- Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .
90:3
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾
(4) We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:4
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿5﴾
(5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:5
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾
(6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:6
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾
(7) Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:7
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾
(8) Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:8
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾
(9) And a tongue and two lips?
90:9
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾
(10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]
Translation notes
[1925]- Of good and evil.
90:10
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾
(11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]
Translation notes
[1926]- i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
90:11
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾
(12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:12
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾
(13) It is the freeing of a slave
90:13
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿14﴾
(14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:14
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾
(15) An orphan of near relationship
90:15
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿16﴾
(16) Or a needy person in misery
90:16
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾
(17) And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:17
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾
(18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]
Translation notes
[1927]- Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
90:18
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾
(19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]
Translation notes
[1928]- Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
90:19
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾
(20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]
Translation notes
[1929]- The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.
90:20