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Al-Balad
Chapter 90 - The City - 20 verses
سُورَةُ البَلَدِ
About Al-Balad
The City • Meccan • 20 verses
Verse 1
لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
Pronunciation
Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad
Translation
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Verse 2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
Pronunciation
Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad
Translation
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Verse 3
وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Pronunciation
Wa waalidinw wa maa walad
Translation
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Verse 4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِی كَبَدٍ
Pronunciation
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad
Translation
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verse 5
أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن یَقۡدِرَ عَلَیۡهِ أَحَدࣱ
Pronunciation
Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad
Translation
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Verse 6
یَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا
Pronunciation
Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa
Translation
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Verse 7
أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ یَرَهُۥۤ أَحَدٌ
Pronunciation
Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad
Translation
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Verse 8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَیۡنَیۡنِ
Pronunciation
Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn
Translation
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Verse 9
وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَیۡنِ
Pronunciation
Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn
Translation
And a tongue and two lips?
Verse 10
وَهَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَیۡنِ
Pronunciation
Wa hadaynaahun najdayn
Translation
And have shown him the two ways?
Verse 11
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Pronunciation
Falaq tahamal-'aqabah
Translation
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Verse 12
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
Pronunciation
Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah
Translation
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Verse 13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Pronunciation
Fakku raqabah
Translation
It is the freeing of a slave
Verse 14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمࣱ فِی یَوۡمࣲ ذِی مَسۡغَبَةࣲ
Pronunciation
Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah
Translation
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Verse 15
یَتِیمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
Pronunciation
Yateeman zaa maqrabah
Translation
An orphan of near relationship
Verse 16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِینࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ
Pronunciation
Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah
Translation
Or a needy person in misery
Verse 17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
Pronunciation
Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah
Translation
And then being among people who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Verse 18
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ
Pronunciation
Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah
Translation
Those are the companions of the right.
Verse 19
وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔایَـٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
Pronunciation
Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah
Translation
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Verse 20
عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
Pronunciation
Alaihim naarum mu'sadah
Translation
Over them will be fire closed in.
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