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البَلَد

Bakhtiari Nejad

Surah 90. The City, This Countryside (al-Balad)

20 verses Meccan
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1 The City
90:1 ›
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
I swear by this land
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
90:2 ›
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
while you are a resident of this land
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
90:3 ›
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Bakhtiari Nejad
and by the father and what he fathered,
Wawalidin wama walada
90:4 ›
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Bakhtiari Nejad
(that) We have certainly created human being in difficulty.
Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin
90:5 ›
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Bakhtiari Nejad
Does he think that no one will ever have power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
90:6 ›
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Bakhtiari Nejad
He says: “I wasted a lot of wealth.”
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
90:7 ›
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Bakhtiari Nejad
Does he think that no one saw him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
90:8 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
Did We not make two eyes for him
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
90:9 ›
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
and a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
90:10 ›
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
And We guided him to the two ways,
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
90:11 ›
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
Bakhtiari Nejad
but he did not take/attempt the winding mountain road.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
90:12 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
Bakhtiari Nejad
And how would you know what the winding mountain road is?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
90:13 ›
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Bakhtiari Nejad
(It is) freeing a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
90:14 ›
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Bakhtiari Nejad
or in a day of famine, feeding
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
90:15 ›
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Bakhtiari Nejad
an orphan being related
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
90:16 ›
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Bakhtiari Nejad
or a poor person in ruins (and penniless),
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
90:17 ›
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
then being of those who believe and recommend one another to the perseverance (and patience) and recommend one another to kindness.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
90:18 ›
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
They are associates of the right hand (the fortunate).
Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati
90:19 ›
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
Bakhtiari Nejad
And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are associates of the left hand (the unfortunate),
Waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatina hum as-habu almash-amati
90:20 ›
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Bakhtiari Nejad
and a fire is closed over upon them (all over them).
AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun
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Surah
The City, This Countryside
Verses
20
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

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