Chapter 90 Medinan
90

Al-Balad

البلد
The Opening
Verses 20
Revealed in Medina
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أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed one
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾
90:1
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾
90:2
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
3
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾
90:3
And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him],
4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾
90:4
We have certainly created man into hardship.
5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿5﴾
90:5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾
90:6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾
90:7
Does he think that no one has seen him?
8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾
90:8
Have We not made for him two eyes?
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وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾
90:9
And a tongue and two lips?
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وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾
90:10
And have shown him the two ways?1 .
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فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾
90:11
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1
12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾
90:12
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾
90:13
It is the freeing of a slave
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أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿14﴾
90:14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
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يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾
90:15
An orphan of near relationship
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿16﴾
90:16
Or a needy person in misery
17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾
90:17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾
90:18
Those are the companions of the right.1
19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾
90:19
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1
20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾
90:20
Over them will be fire closed in.1
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