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Surah 90 · 20 ayat

Al-Balad

The City

البلد

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

90:1

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

MeaningNay, I swear by this city –

90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

MeaningAnd thou art an indweller of this city –

90:3

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

MeaningAnd the begetter and that which he begat,

90:4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

MeaningWe verily have created man in an atmosphere:

90:5

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

MeaningThinketh he that none hath power over him?

90:6

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

MeaningAnd he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

90:7

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

MeaningThinketh he that none beholdeth him?

90:8

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

MeaningDid We not assign unto him two eyes

90:9

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

MeaningAnd a tongue and two lips,

90:10

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

MeaningAnd guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

90:11

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

MeaningBut he hath not attempted the Ascent –

90:12

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

MeaningAh, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! –

90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Meaning(It is) to free a slave,

90:14

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

MeaningAnd to feed in the day of hunger.

90:15

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

MeaningAn orphan near of kin,

90:16

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

MeaningOr some poor wretch in misery,

90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

MeaningAnd to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

90:18

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

MeaningTheir place will be on the right hand.

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

MeaningBut those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

90:20

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

MeaningFire will be an awning over them.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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