Al-Balad The City

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝١

90:1 Nay, I swear by this city -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝٢

90:2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ۝٣

90:3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ۝٤

90:4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ۝٥

90:5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ۝٦

90:6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٧

90:7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ۝٨

90:8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ۝٩

90:9 And a tongue and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ۝١٠

90:10 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ۝١١

90:11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ۝١٢

90:12 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۝١٣

90:13 (It is) to free a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ۝١٤

90:14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ۝١٥

90:15 An orphan near of kin,

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ۝١٦

90:16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ۝١٧

90:17 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ۝١٨

90:18 Their place will be on the right hand.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۝١٩

90:19 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ۝٢٠

90:20 Fire will be an awning over them.