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Surah Al-Balad

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Surah Al-Balad is the 90th surah of the Quran. Its name means “The City”. It is a meccan surah of 20 verses, opening in juz 30 on page 594 of the mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text in Uthmani script with an English translation for every verse.

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Al-Balad · Meccan · 20 ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ١ وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ٢ وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ٤ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ٥ يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا٦ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧ أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ٨ وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩ وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠ فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣ أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ١٤ يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥ أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ١٦ ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩ عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠

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Translation, verse by verse
  1. 90:1

    I swear by this town,

  2. 90:2

    as you reside in this town;

  3. 90:3

    [and] by the father and him whom he begot:

  4. 90:4

    certainly We created man in travail.

  5. 90:5

    Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him?

  6. 90:6

    He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’

  7. 90:7

    Does he suppose that no one sees him?

  8. 90:8

    Have We not made for him two eyes,

  9. 90:9

    a tongue, and two lips,

  10. 90:10

    and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]?

  11. 90:11

    Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task.

  12. 90:12

    And what will show you what is the uphill task?

  13. 90:13

    [It is] the freeing of a slave,

  14. 90:14

    or feeding, during days of [general] starvation,

  15. 90:15

    an orphan among relatives

  16. 90:16

    or a needy man in desolation,

  17. 90:17

    while being one of those who have faith and enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion.

  18. 90:18

    They are the People of the Right Hand.

  19. 90:19

    But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand.

  20. 90:20

    A closed Fire will be [imposed] upon them.

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