90:1Juz 30 · p. 594
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ1
(1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
Al-Balad
سورة البلد
Surah 90 · Meccan · 20 verses
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وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ2
(2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ3
(3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],
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[1924]- Said to be Adam (upon him be peace).
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[1924]- Said to be Adam (upon him be peace).
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ4
(4) We have certainly created man into hardship.
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ5
(5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا6
(6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ7
(7) Does he think that no one has seen him?
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ8
(8) Have We not made for him two eyes?
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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ9
(9) And a tongue and two lips?
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وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ10
(10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]
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[1925]- Of good and evil.
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[1925]- Of good and evil.
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فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ11
(11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]
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[1926]- i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
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[1926]- i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ12
(12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ13
(13) It is the freeing of a slave
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أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ14
(14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ15
(15) An orphan of near relationship
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ16
(16) Or a needy person in misery
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ17
(17) And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ18
(18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]
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[1927]- Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
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[1927]- Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ19
(19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]
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[1928]- Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
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[1928]- Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ20
(20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]
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[1929]- The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.
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[1929]- The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.