Surah Al-Balad

Ayah-20, Makkah

90:1

لَآأُقۡسِمُبِهَٰذَاٱلۡبَلَدِ١

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I swear by this city, Makkah.

90:2

وَأَنتَحِلُّۢبِهَٰذَاٱلۡبَلَدِ٢

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

90:3

وَوَالِدٖوَمَاوَلَدَ٣

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

90:4

لَقَدۡخَلَقۡنَاٱلۡإِنسَٰنَفِيكَبَدٍ٤

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We have certainly created man into hardship.

90:5

أَيَحۡسَبُأَنلَّنيَقۡدِرَعَلَيۡهِأَحَدٞ٥

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Does he think that never will anyone overcome him.

90:6

يَقُولُأَهۡلَكۡتُمَالٗالُّبَدًا٦

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He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance.

90:7

أَيَحۡسَبُأَنلَّمۡيَرَهُۥٓأَحَدٌ٧

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Does he think that no one has seen him.

90:8

أَلَمۡنَجۡعَللَّهُۥعَيۡنَيۡنِ٨

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Have We not made for him two eyes.

90:9

وَلِسَانٗاوَشَفَتَيۡنِ٩

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And a tongue and two lips.

90:10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ١٠

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And have shown him the two ways.

90:11

فَلَاٱقۡتَحَمَٱلۡعَقَبَةَ١١

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But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

90:12

وَمَآأَدۡرَىٰكَمَاٱلۡعَقَبَةُ١٢

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

90:13

فَكُّرَقَبَةٍ١٣

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It is the freeing of a slave.

90:14

أَوۡإِطۡعَٰمٞفِييَوۡمٖذِيمَسۡغَبَةٖ١٤

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Or feeding on a day of severe hunger.

90:15

يَتِيمٗاذَامَقۡرَبَةٍ١٥

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An orphan of near relationship.

90:16

أَوۡمِسۡكِينٗاذَامَتۡرَبَةٖ١٦

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Or a needy person in misery.

90:17

ثُمَّكَانَمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُواْوَتَوَاصَوۡاْبِٱلصَّبۡرِوَتَوَاصَوۡاْبِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ١٧

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

90:18

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَأَصۡحَٰبُٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ١٨

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Those are the companions of the right.

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُواْبِـَٔايَٰتِنَاهُمۡأَصۡحَٰبُٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ١٩

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

90:20

عَلَيۡهِمۡنَارٞمُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ٢٠

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Over them will be fire closed in.