Al-Quran/Surah 90

البلد

Al-Balad

The City · 20 Ayahs · Meccan

Al-FajrAsh-Shams

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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90:1

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ

I swear by this land.
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90:2

وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ

And you are a resident of this land.
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90:3

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And by a father and what he fathered.
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90:4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We created man in distress.
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90:5

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one has power over him?
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90:6

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا

He says, “I have used up so much money.”
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90:7

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one sees him?
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90:8

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Did We not give him two eyes?
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90:9

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue, and two lips?
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90:10

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

And We showed him the two ways?
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90:11

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

But he did not brave the ascent.
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90:12

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

And what will explain to you what the ascent is?
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90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

The freeing of a slave.
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90:14

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Or the feeding on a day of hunger.
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90:15

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

An orphan near of kin.
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90:16

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or a destitute in the dust.
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90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Then he becomes of those who believe, and advise one another to patience, and advise one another to kindness.
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90:18

أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

These are the people of happiness.
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90:19

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

But as for those who defy Our revelations—these are the people of misery.
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90:20

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

Upon them is a padlocked Fire.