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Al-Balad

البلد

أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ
O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the accursed Satan
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
I start with the name of ALLAH, very beneficient and merciful.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

۝

90:1

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

Tafseer
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

۝

90:2

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

Tafseer
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

۝

90:3

And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him], Footnote - 1 Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .

Tafseer
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

۝

90:4

We have certainly created man into hardship.

Tafseer
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

۝

90:5

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Tafseer
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

۝

90:6

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

Tafseer
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

۝

90:7

Does he think that no one has seen him?

Tafseer
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

۝

90:8

Have We not made for him two eyes?

Tafseer
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

۝

90:9

And a tongue and two lips?

Tafseer
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

۝

90:10

And have shown him the two ways?1 Footnote - 1 Of good and evil.

Tafseer
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

۝

90:11

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1 Footnote - 1 i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.

Tafseer
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

۝

90:12

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

Tafseer
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

۝

90:13

It is the freeing of a slave

Tafseer
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

۝

90:14

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Tafseer
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

۝

90:15

An orphan of near relationship

Tafseer
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

۝

90:16

Or a needy person in misery

Tafseer
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

۝

90:17

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

Tafseer
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

۝

90:18

Those are the companions of the right.1 Footnote - 1 Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.

Tafseer
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

۝

90:19

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1 Footnote - 1 Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.

Tafseer
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

۝

90:20

Over them will be fire closed in.1 Footnote - 1 The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.

Tafseer