Surah Al-Balad — The City

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 90:1 ▶
   ﱭﱮﱯﱰﱱ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

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2. 90:2 ▶
   ﱲﱳﱴﱵﱶ وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

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

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3. 90:3 ▶
   ﱷﱸﱹﱺ وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

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4. 90:4 ▶
   ﱻﱼﱽﱾﱿﲀ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

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

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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6. 90:6 ▶
   ﲈﲉﲊﲋﲌ يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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

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7. 90:7 ▶
   ﲍﲎﲏﲐﲑﲒ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

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8. 90:8 ▶
   ﲓﲔﲕﲖﲗ أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

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9. 90:9 ▶
   ﲘﲙﲚ وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   And a tongue and two lips?

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10. 90:10 ▶
    ﲛﲜﲝ وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?

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11. 90:11 ▶
    ﲞﲟﲠﲡ فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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12. 90:12 ▶
    ﲢﲣﲤﲥﲦ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

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13. 90:13 ▶
    ﲧﲨﲩ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

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

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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15. 90:15 ▶
    ﲱﲲﲳﲴ يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

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16. 90:16 ▶
    ﲵﲶﲷﲸﲹ أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

    Or a needy person in misery

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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.

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18. 90:18 ▶
    ﳄﳅﳆﳇ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.

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

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

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20. 90:20 ▶
    ﱈﱉﱊﱋ عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.

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