Surah 90 · Makkah · 20 verses

Al-Balad

The City

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

90:1
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city, Makkah
90:2
وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city
90:3
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]
90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have certainly created man into hardship
90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him
90:6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance
90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one has seen him
90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him two eyes
90:9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips
90:10
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways
90:11
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass
90:12
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion
90:18
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the right
90:19
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left
90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ
Over them will be fire closed in

English translation: Saheeh International.