Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 90:1

   Tafsir

   لَآأُقْسِمُبِهَـٰذَاٱلْبَلَدِ١

   Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَحِلٌّۢبِهَـٰذَاٱلْبَلَدِ٢

   Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

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

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدٍۢوَمَاوَلَدَ٣

   Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

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

4. 90:4

   لَقَدْخَلَقْنَاٱلْإِنسَـٰنَفِىكَبَدٍ٤

   Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 90:5

   أَيَحْسَبُأَنلَّنيَقْدِرَعَلَيْهِأَحَدٌۭ٥

   Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُأَهْلَكْتُمَالًۭالُّبَدًا٦

   Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

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

7. 90:7

   أَيَحْسَبُأَنلَّمْيَرَهُۥٓأَحَدٌ٧

   Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 90:8

   أَلَمْنَجْعَللَّهُۥعَيْنَيْنِ٨

   Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانًۭاوَشَفَتَيْنِ٩

   Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠

    Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. 90:11

    Tafsir

    فَلَاٱقْتَحَمَٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١

    Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. 90:12

    وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢

    Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

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

13. 90:13

    فَكُّرَقَبَةٍ١٣

    Fakku raqabah

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 90:14

    أَوْإِطْعَـٰمٌۭفِىيَوْمٍۢذِىمَسْغَبَةٍۢ١٤

    Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمًۭاذَامَقْرَبَةٍ١٥

    Yateeman zaa maqrabah

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16

    أَوْمِسْكِينًۭاذَامَتْرَبَةٍۢ١٦

    Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّكَانَمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَتَوَاصَوْا۟بِٱلصَّبْرِوَتَوَاصَوْا۟بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧

    Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

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

18. 90:18

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَأَصْحَـٰبُٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨

    Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاهُمْأَصْحَـٰبُٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩

    Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

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

20. 90:20

    عَلَيْهِمْنَارٌۭمُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠

    Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

    Over them will be fire closed in.