Surah 90 Al-Balad [The City]

90 Al-Balad

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
3 Wawalidin wama walada
4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
9 Walisanan washafatayni
10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
13 Fakku raqabatin
14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin
16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati
19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
20 AAalayhim narun musadatun



The City

1 I swear by this city (Makkah);
2 And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
3 And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
4 Verily, We have created man in toil.
5 Does he think that none can overcome him?
6 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
7 Does he think that none sees him?
8 Have We not made for him two eyes,
9 And a tongue and two lips?
10 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
11 But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
12 And what will make you know the path that is steep?
13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)
14 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
15 To an orphan near of kin.
16 Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
17 Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
18 They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
19 But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
20 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.