90

Al-Balad

البلد

أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the accursed Satan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most 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],

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 .

Tafseer
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ۝
90:11

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1

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

Tafseer
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۝
90:19

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1

Tafseer
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ۝
90:20

Over them will be fire closed in.1

Tafseer

Loading more verses...

Hidden Audio Element

Change Translation