Al-Balad

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ١

90:1I swear by this city, Makkah -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ٢

90:2And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣

90:3And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ٤

90:4We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ٥

90:5Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا٦

90:6He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧

90:7Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ٨

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

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩

90:9And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠

90:10And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١

90:11But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢

90:12And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣

90:13It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ١٤

90:14Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥

90:15An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ١٦

90:16Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧

90:17And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨

90:18Those are the companions of the right.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩

90:19But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠

90:20Over them will be fire closed in.