Chapter 90. Surah Al-Balad

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

1. I swear by this land!

لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ

La oqsimu bihatha albalad

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2. — And thou art a freeman in this land —

وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ

Waanta hillun bihatha albalad

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3. And by the begetter and what he begot!

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَۙ

Wawalidin wama walad

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4. We have created man into adversity.

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ ف۪ي كَبَدٍۜ

Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad

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5. Thinks he that none has power over him?

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌۢ

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahad

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6. He says: “I have spent abundant wealth!”

يَقُولُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالاً لُبَداًۜ

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada

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7. Thinks he that none has seen him?

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُٓ اَحَدٌۜ

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahad

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8. Have We not made for him two eyes,

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِۙ

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayn

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9. And a tongue, and two lips,

وَلِسَاناً وَشَفَتَيْنِۙ

Walisanan washafatayn

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10. And guided him on the two highways?

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِۚ

Wahadaynahu annajdayn

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11. But he has not attempted the steep path.

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَۘ

Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba

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12. And what will convey to thee what the steep path is?

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُۜ

Wama adraka maalAAaqaba

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13. The freeing of a slave,

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ

Fakku raqaba

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14. Or feeding in a day of starvation

اَوْ اِطْعَامٌ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ ذ۪ي مَسْغَبَةٍۙ

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin theemasghaba

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15. A fatherless relation

يَت۪يماً ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍۙ

Yateeman tha maqraba

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16. Or one needy in misery

اَوْ مِسْك۪يناً ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۜ

Aw miskeenan tha matraba

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17. Then being among those who heed warning, and counsel one another to patience, and counsel one another to compassion.

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِۜ

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoowatawasaw bissabri watawasaw bilmarhama

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18. Those are the companions of the right.

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِۜ

Ola-ika as-habualmaymana

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19. But those who deny Our proofs — they are the companions of the left.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا هُمْ اَصْحَابُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِۜ

Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatinahum as-habu almash-ama

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20. Upon them will a Fire be closed in.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

AAalayhim narun mu/sada

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Chapter 90. Surah Al-Balad

لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ

وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَۙ

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ ف۪ي كَبَدٍۜ

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌۢ

يَقُولُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالاً لُبَداًۜ

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُٓ اَحَدٌۜ

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِۙ

وَلِسَاناً وَشَفَتَيْنِۙ

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِۚ

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَۘ

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُۜ

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ

اَوْ اِطْعَامٌ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ ذ۪ي مَسْغَبَةٍۙ

يَت۪يماً ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍۙ

اَوْ مِسْك۪يناً ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۜ

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِۜ

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِۜ

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا هُمْ اَصْحَابُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِۜ

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ