Surah Al-Balad

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ١

   90:1

   lā uq'simu bihādhā l-baladi

   I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

2. وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ٢

   90:2

   wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi

   And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city

3. وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣

   90:3

   wawālidin wamā walada

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

4. لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ٤

   90:4

   laqad khalaqnā l-insāna fī kabadin

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ٥

   90:5

   ayaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥadun

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا٦

   90:6

   yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan lubadan

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

7. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧

   90:7

   ayaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥadun

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ٨

   90:8

   alam najʿal lahu ʿaynayni

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ٩

   90:9

   walisānan washafatayni

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ١٠

    90:10

    wahadaynāhu l-najdayni

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ١١

    90:11

    falā iq'taḥama l-ʿaqabata

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ١٢

    90:12

    wamā adrāka mā l-ʿaqabatu

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

13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣

    90:13

    fakku raqabatin

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ١٤

    90:14

    aw iṭ'ʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabatin

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ١٥

    90:15

    yatīman dhā maqrabatin

    An orphan of near relationship

16. أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ١٦

    90:16

    aw mis'kīnan dhā matrabatin

    Or a needy person in misery

17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ١٧

    90:17

    thumma kāna mina alladhīna āmanū watawāṣaw bil-ṣabri watawāṣaw bil-marḥamati

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

18. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ١٨

    90:18

    ulāika aṣḥābu l-maymanati

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ١٩

    90:19

    wa-alladhīna kafarū biāyātinā hum aṣḥābu l-mashamati

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

20. عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ٢٠

    90:20

    ʿalayhim nārun mu'ṣadatun

    Over them will be fire closed in.