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البلد
Al-Balad
The City20 Versesmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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90:1
لَآ
Nay
أُقۡ سِمُ
I swear
بِهَـٰ ذَا
by this
city
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
90:2
وَأَنت َ
And you
حِلُّۢ
(are) free (to dwell)
in this
city
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
90:3
وَوَالِدٍ
And the begetter
and what
وَلَد َ
٣he begot
And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him],
90:4
لَقَدۡ
Certainly
خَلَقۡ نَا
We have created
man
فِى
(to be) in
كَبَد ٍ
٤hardship
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
أَيَحۡسَبُ
Does he think
أَن
that
not
has power
عَلَيۡهِ
over him
أَحَد ٌ
٥anyone
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
يَقُولُ
He will say
أَهۡلَكۡتُ
I have squandered
مَالاً
wealth
abundant
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
أَيَحۡسَبُ
Does he think
أَن
that
not
يَرَهُۥٓ
sees him
أَحَد ٌ
٧anyone
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
أَلَمۡ
Have not
نَجۡ عَل
We made
لَّهُۥ
for him
عَيۡنَيۡ نِ
٨two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
وَلِسَانًا
And a tongue
and two lips
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
وَهَدَيۡنَـٰ هُ
And shown him
the two ways
And have shown him the two ways?1
90:11
فَلَا
But not
he has attempted
the steep path
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1
90:12
وَمَآ
And what
أَدۡ رَٮٰ كَ
can make you know
مَا
what
the steep path (is)
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
فَكُّ
(It is) freeing
رَقَبَةٍ
١٣a neck
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَوۡ
Or
إِطۡ عَـٰ مٌ
feeding
in
يَوۡمٍ
a day
of
مَسۡغَبَةٍ
١٤severe hunger
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتِيمًا
An orphan
of
مَقۡ رَبَةٍ
١٥near relationship
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَوۡ
Or
مِسۡكِينًا
a needy person
in
مَتۡرَبَةٍ
١٦misery
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمّ َ
Then
كَانَ
he is
مِنَ
of
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believe
وَتَوَاصَوۡاۡ
and enjoin (each other)
بِٱ ل صَّبۡ رِ
to patience
وَتَوَاصَوۡاۡ
and enjoin (each other)
بِٱ لۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
١٧to compassion
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
أُوۡ لَـٰٓ ئِكَ
Those
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(are the) companions
(of) the right (hand)
Those are the companions of the right.1
90:19
وَٱ لَّذِينَ
But those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
بِـَٔـايَـٰ تِنَا
in Our Verses
هُمۡ
they
أَصۡحَـٰ بُ
(are the) companions
(of) the left (hand)
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
closed in
Over them will be fire closed in.1