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سُورَةُ البَلَدِ

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Meccan • 20 Verses

Bismillah

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

90:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

I swear by this city, Makkah -

90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

90:3

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

90:4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

We have certainly created man into hardship.

90:5

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

90:6

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

90:7

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one has seen him?

90:8

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have We not made for him two eyes?

90:9

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips?

90:10

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

And have shown him the two ways?

90:11

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

90:12

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave

90:14

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

90:15

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

An orphan of near relationship

90:16

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

Or a needy person in misery

90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

90:18

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Those are the companions of the right.

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

90:20

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

Over them will be fire closed in.

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