Surah Al-Balad — The City

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 90:1
   ﱭﱮﱯﱰﱱ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

2. 90:2
   ﱲﱳﱴﱵﱶ وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

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

3. 90:3
   ﱷﱸﱹﱺ وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

4. 90:4
   ﱻﱼﱽﱾﱿﲀ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 90:5
   ﲁﲂﲃﲄﲅﲆﲇ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 90:6
   ﲈﲉﲊﲋﲌ يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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

7. 90:7
   ﲍﲎﲏﲐﲑﲒ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 90:8
   ﲓﲔﲕﲖﲗ أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 90:9
   ﲘﲙﲚ وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 90:10
    ﲛﲜﲝ وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. 90:11
    ﲞﲟﲠﲡ فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. 90:12
    ﲢﲣﲤﲥﲦ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

13. 90:13
    ﲧﲨﲩ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 90:14
    ﲪﲫﲬﲭﲮﲯﲰ أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15
    ﲱﲲﲳﲴ يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16
    ﲵﲶﲷﲸﲹ أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17
    ﲺﲻﲼﲽﲾﲿﳀﳁﳂﳃ ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

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

18. 90:18
    ﳄﳅﳆﳇ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. 90:19
    ﱁﱂﱃﱄﱅﱆﱇ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

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

20. 90:20
    ﱈﱉﱊﱋ عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.

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