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البَلَد

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

20 verses Meccan
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1 The City
90:1 ›
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
I swear by this city, Makkah
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
90:2 ›
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
90:3 ›
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]
Wawalidin wama walada
90:4 ›
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
We have certainly created man into hardship
Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin
90:5 ›
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
90:6 ›
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
90:7 ›
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Does he think that no one has seen him
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
90:8 ›
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Have We not made for him two eyes
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
90:9 ›
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And a tongue and two lips
Walisanan washafatayni
90:10 ›
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And have shown him the two ways
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
90:11 ›
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
But he has not broken through the difficult pass
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
90:12 ›
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
90:13 ›
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
It is the freeing of a slav
Fakku raqabatin
90:14 ›
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Or feeding on a day of severe hunge
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
90:15 ›
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
An orphan of near relationshi
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
90:16 ›
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Or a needy person in miser
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
90:17 ›
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
90:18 ›
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Those are the companions of the right
Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati
90:19 ›
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left
Waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatina hum as-habu almash-amati
90:20 ›
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Over them will be fire closed in
AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun
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Surah Info

Surah
The City, This Countryside
Verses
20
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

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