Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

90:1I swear by this town,

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

90:2as you reside in this town;

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

90:3[and] by the father and him whom he begot:

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

90:4certainly We created man in travail.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿5﴾

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

90:5Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

90:6He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

90:7Does he suppose that no one sees him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾

Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

90:8Have We not made for him two eyes,

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

90:9a tongue, and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

90:10and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾

Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

90:11Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾

Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

90:12And what will show you what is the uphill task?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾

Fakku raqabah

90:13[It is] the freeing of a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿14﴾

Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

90:14or feeding, during days of [general] starvation,

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾

Yateeman zaa maqrabah

90:15an orphan among relatives

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿16﴾

Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

90:16or a needy man in desolation,

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾

Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

90:17while being one of those who have faith and enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾

Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

90:18They are the People of the Right Hand.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾

Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

90:19But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾

Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

90:20A closed Fire will be [imposed] upon them.