سُوْرَةُ الْبَلَدِ

1. Al-Balad 90:1

   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ۝١

   1. I swear by this city, Makkah

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2. Al-Balad 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ۝٢

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

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3. Al-Balad 90:3

   وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ ۝٣

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

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4. Al-Balad 90:4

   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ۝٤

   4. We have certainly created man into hardship

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5. Al-Balad 90:5

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ‏ ۝٥

   5. Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

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6. Al-Balad 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰ ا لُّبَدًا ۝٦

   6. He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

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7. Al-Balad 90:7

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٧

   7. Does he think that no one has seen him

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8. Al-Balad 90:8

   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ۝٨

   8. Have We not made for him two eyes

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9. Al-Balad 90:9

   وَلِسَانࣰ ا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ۝٩

   9. And a tongue and two lips

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10. Al-Balad 90:10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ۝١٠

    10. And have shown him the two ways

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11. Al-Balad 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ۝١١

    11. But he has not broken through the difficult pass

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12. Al-Balad 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ۝١٢

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

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13. Al-Balad 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۝١٣

    13. It is the freeing of a slave

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14. Al-Balad 90:14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ‏ ۝١٤

    14. Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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15. Al-Balad 90:15

    يَتِيمࣰ ا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ۝١٥

    15. An orphan of near relationship

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16. Al-Balad 90:16

    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰ ا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ‏ ۝١٦

    16. Or a needy person in misery

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17. Al-Balad 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ۝١٧

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

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18. Al-Balad 90:18

    أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ۝١٨

    18. Those are the companions of the right

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19. Al-Balad 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ۝١٩

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

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20. Al-Balad 90:20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ۝٢٠

    20. Over them will be fire closed in

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Translation: Saheeh International