Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

بِسۡمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ

1. 90:1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

   لَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏ ﴿١﴾

   1I swear by this city, Makkah

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

   وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّۭ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏ ﴿٢﴾

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

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

   وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَۙ‏ ﴿٣﴾

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

4. 90:4

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِيۡ كَبَدٍؕ‏ ﴿٤﴾

   4We have certainly created man into hardship

5. 90:5

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾

   اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌۘ‏ ﴿٥﴾

   5Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

   يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاؕ‏ ﴿٦﴾

   6He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

7. 90:7

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

   اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗ٘ اَحَدٌؕ‏ ﴿٧﴾

   7Does he think that no one has seen him

8. 90:8

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

   اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ‏ ﴿٨﴾

   8Have We not made for him two eyes

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

   وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ‏ ﴿٩﴾

   9And a tongue and two lips

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

    وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِۚ‏ ﴿١٠﴾

    10And have shown him the two ways

11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

    فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَؗۖ‏ ﴿١١﴾

    11But he has not broken through the difficult pass

12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

    وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُؕ‏ ﴿١٢﴾

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

13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ‏ ﴿١٣﴾

    13It is the freeing of a slave

14. 90:14

    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾

    اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِيۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِيۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍۙ‏ ﴿١٤﴾

    14Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

    يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍۙ‏ ﴿١٥﴾

    15An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

    اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍؕ‏ ﴿١٦﴾

    16Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِؕ‏ ﴿١٧﴾

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

18. 90:18

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

    اُولٰٓئِكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِؕ‏ ﴿١٨﴾

    18Those are the companions of the right

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

    وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِؕ‏ ﴿١٩﴾

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

20. 90:20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌࣖ‏ ﴿٢٠﴾

    20Over them will be fire closed in

Quran text: Tanzil Project (Uthmani script, Medina Mushaf). Translation: Saheeh International. IndoPak script: King Fahd Quran Printing Complex (Nastaleeq edition). Word-by-word meanings: Quran.com. Recitations: EveryAyah.com.