90:1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ 1
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –
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سورة البلد
فهرس السور
البلد
Al-Balad · مكية · 20 آية
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90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ 2
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –
90:3
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ 3
And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],
Translation notes
[1924] Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .
90:4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ 4
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ 5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا 6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ 7
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ 8
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ 9
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ 10
And have shown him the two ways?[1925]
Translation notes
[1925] Of good and evil.
90:11
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ 11
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]
Translation notes
[1926] 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.
90:12
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ 12
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ 13
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ 14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ 15
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ 16
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ 17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ 18
Those are the companions of the right.[1927]
Translation notes
[1927] Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ 19
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]
Translation notes
[1928] Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
90:20
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ 20
Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]
Translation notes
[1929] The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.