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Al-Balad

The City20 Versesmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

90:1
لَآ
Nay
أُقۡسِمُ
I swear
بِهَـٰذَا
by this
ٱلۡبَلَدِ
city
١
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
90:2
وَأَنتَ
And you
حِلُّۢ
(are) free (to dwell)
بِهَـٰذَا
in this
ٱلۡبَلَدِ
city
٢
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
90:3
وَوَالِدٍ
And the begetter
وَمَا
and what
وَلَدَ
he begot
٣
And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him],
90:4
لَقَدۡ
Certainly
خَلَقۡنَا
We have created
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ
man
فِى
(to be) in
كَبَدٍ
hardship
٤
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
أَيَحۡسَبُ
Does he think
أَن
that
لَّن
not
يَقۡدِرَ
has power
عَلَيۡهِ
over him
أَحَدٌ
anyone
٥
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
يَقُولُ
He will say
أَهۡلَكۡتُ
I have squandered
مَالاً
wealth
لُّبَدًا
abundant
٦
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
أَيَحۡسَبُ
Does he think
أَن
that
لَّمۡ
not
يَرَهُۥٓ
sees him
أَحَدٌ
anyone
٧
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
أَلَمۡ
Have not
نَجۡعَل
We made
لَّهُۥ
for him
عَيۡنَيۡنِ
two eyes
٨
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
وَلِسَانًا
And a tongue
وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
and two lips
٩
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
وَهَدَيۡنَـٰهُ
And shown him
ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
the two ways
١٠
And have shown him the two ways?1
90:11
فَلَا
But not
ٱقۡتَحَمَ
he has attempted
ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
the steep path
١١
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1
90:12
وَمَآ
And what
أَدۡرَٮٰكَ
can make you know
مَا
what
ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
the steep path (is)
١٢
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
فَكُّ
(It is) freeing
رَقَبَةٍ
a neck
١٣
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَوۡ
Or
إِطۡعَـٰمٌ
feeding
فِى
in
يَوۡمٍ
a day
ذِى
of
مَسۡغَبَةٍ
severe hunger
١٤
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتِيمًا
An orphan
ذَا
of
مَقۡرَبَةٍ
near relationship
١٥
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَوۡ
Or
مِسۡكِينًا
a needy person
ذَا
in
مَتۡرَبَةٍ
misery
١٦
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمَّ
Then
كَانَ
he is
مِنَ
of
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believe
وَتَوَاصَوۡاۡ
and enjoin (each other)
بِٱلصَّبۡرِ
to patience
وَتَوَاصَوۡاۡ
and enjoin (each other)
بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
to compassion
١٧
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
Those
أَصۡحَـٰبُ
(are the) companions
ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
(of) the right (hand)
١٨
Those are the companions of the right.1
90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ
But those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
بِـَٔـايَـٰتِنَا
in Our Verses
هُمۡ
they
أَصۡحَـٰبُ
(are the) companions
ٱلۡمَشۡــَٔمَةِ
(of) the left (hand)
١٩
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1
90:20
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
Over them
نَارٌ
(will be the) Fire
مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
closed in
٢٠
Over them will be fire closed in.1