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البلد
Surah Al-Balad
Surah Al-Balad (البلد) is surah 90 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 20 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The City”.
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١
90:1I swear by this city, Makkah
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢
90:2And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
90:3And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤
90:4We have certainly created man into hardship
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ ٥
90:5Does he think that never will anyone overcome him
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا ٦
90:6He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧
90:7Does he think that no one has seen him
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨
90:8Have We not made for him two eyes
وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩
90:9And a tongue and two lips
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠
90:10And have shown him the two ways
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١
90:11But he has not broken through the difficult pass
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢
90:12And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
90:13It is the freeing of a slave
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ ١٤
90:14Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥
90:15An orphan of near relationship
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ ١٦
90:16Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧
90:17And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨
90:18Those are the companions of the right
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩
90:19But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠
90:20Over them will be fire closed in