Surah Al-Balad البلد
Translation: Saheeh International
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:1 I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:2 And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
90:3 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
90:4 We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
90:5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
90:6 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
90:7 Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
90:8 Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
90:9 And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
90:10 And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
90:12 And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13 It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
90:14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
90:15 An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
90:16 Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
90:18 Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20 Over them will be fire closed in.