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Surah 90 · 20 Ayahs

Al-Balad

Surah Al-Balad (“The City”) is a Meccan surah of 20 ayahs.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. 90:1
    لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ١

    Nay, I swear by this city -

  2. 90:2
    وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ٢

    And thou art an indweller of this city -

  3. 90:3
    وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣

    And the begetter and that which he begat,

  4. 90:4
    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ٤

    We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

  5. 90:5
    أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ٥

    Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

  6. 90:6
    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا٦

    And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

  7. 90:7
    أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ٧

    Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

  8. 90:8
    أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ٨

    Did We not assign unto him two eyes

  9. 90:9
    وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩

    And a tongue and two lips,

  10. 90:10
    وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ١٠

    And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

  11. 90:11
    فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ١١

    But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

  12. 90:12
    وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ١٢

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

  13. 90:13
    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣

    (It is) to free a slave,

  14. 90:14
    أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ١٤

    And to feed in the day of hunger.

  15. 90:15
    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥

    An orphan near of kin,

  16. 90:16
    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ١٦

    Or some poor wretch in misery,

  17. 90:17
    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧

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

  18. 90:18
    أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨

    Their place will be on the right hand.

  19. 90:19
    وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ١٩

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

  20. 90:20
    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ٢٠

    Fire will be an awning over them.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.