لَآ Nay أُقْسِمُ I swear بِهَـٰذَا by this ٱلْبَلَدِ city ١
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
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90. Surah Al-Balad
The City · Makki · 20 Ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَأَنتَ And you حِلٌّۢ (are) free (to dwell) بِهَـٰذَا in this ٱلْبَلَدِ city ٢
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
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وَوَالِدٍۢ And the begetter وَمَا and what وَلَدَ he begot ٣
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
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لَقَدْ Certainly خَلَقْنَا We have created ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ man فِى (to be) in كَبَدٍ hardship ٤
We have certainly created man into hardship.
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أَيَحْسَبُ Does he think أَن that لَّن not يَقْدِرَ has power عَلَيْهِ over him أَحَدٌۭ anyone ٥
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
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يَقُولُ He will say أَهْلَكْتُ I have squandered مَالًۭا wealth لُّبَدًا abundant ٦
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
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أَيَحْسَبُ Does he think أَن that لَّمْ not يَرَهُۥٓ sees him أَحَدٌ anyone ٧
Does he think that no one has seen him?
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أَلَمْ Have not نَجْعَل We made لَّهُۥ for him عَيْنَيْنِ two eyes ٨
Have We not made for him two eyes?
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وَلِسَانًۭا And a tongue وَشَفَتَيْنِ and two lips ٩
And a tongue and two lips?
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وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ And shown him ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ the two ways ١٠
And have shown him the two ways?
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فَلَا But not ٱقْتَحَمَ he has attempted ٱلْعَقَبَةَ the steep path ١١
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
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وَمَآ And what أَدْرَىٰكَ can make you know مَا what ٱلْعَقَبَةُ the steep path (is) ١٢
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
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فَكُّ (It is) freeing رَقَبَةٍ a neck ١٣
It is the freeing of a slave
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أَوْ Or إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ feeding فِى in يَوْمٍۢ a day ذِى of مَسْغَبَةٍۢ severe hunger ١٤
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
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يَتِيمًۭا An orphan ذَا of مَقْرَبَةٍ near relationship ١٥
An orphan of near relationship
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أَوْ Or مِسْكِينًۭا a needy person ذَا in مَتْرَبَةٍۢ misery ١٦
Or a needy person in misery
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ثُمَّ Then كَانَ he is مِنَ of ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ and enjoin (each other) بِٱلصَّبْرِ to patience وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ and enjoin (each other) بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ to compassion ١٧
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those أَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companions ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ (of) the right (hand) ١٨
Those are the companions of the right.
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وَٱلَّذِينَ But those who كَفَرُوا۟ disbelieve بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا in Our Verses هُمْ they أَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companions ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ (of) the left (hand) ١٩
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
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عَلَيْهِمْ Over them نَارٌۭ (will be the) Fire مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ closed in ٢٠
Over them will be fire closed in.
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