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The Qurʾān

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Sūrah 90

al-Balad

The City · 20 verses
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥeem
  1. 1I swear by this city, Makkahلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
  2. 2And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this cityوَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
  3. 3And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
  4. 4We have certainly created man into hardshipلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
  5. 5Does he think that never will anyone overcome himأَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
  6. 6He says, "I have spent wealth in abundanceيَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
  7. 7Does he think that no one has seen himأَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
  8. 8Have We not made for him two eyesأَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
  9. 9And a tongue and two lipsوَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
  10. 10And have shown him the two waysوَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
  11. 11But he has not broken through the difficult passفَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
  12. 12And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult passوَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
  13. 13It is the freeing of a slaveفَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
  14. 14Or feeding on a day of severe hungerأَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
  15. 15An orphan of near relationshipيَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
  16. 16Or a needy person in miseryأَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
  17. 17And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassionثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
  18. 18Those are the companions of the rightأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
  19. 19But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the leftوَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
  20. 20Over them will be fire closed inعَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ