Chapter 90: Surah Al-Balad (The City)
90:1
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لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ Nay, I call to witness
بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِ this City
Verse 1
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, I call to witness this City!
90:2
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وَ اَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ And thou wilt be made free from obligation
بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِ in this City
Verse 2
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And thou wilt be made free from obligation in this City —
90:3
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وَ وَالِدٍ And the begetter
وَّ مَا وَلَدَ and he whom he begot
Verse 3
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the begetter and he whom he begot!
90:4
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا We have certainly created
الْاِنْسَانَ فِيْ كَبَدٍ man to face difficulties
Verse 4
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
We have certainly created man to face difficulties.
90:5
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اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ Does he think that
لَّنْ يَّقْدِرَ there can’t have power
عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌ over him by anyone?
Verse 5
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Does he think that no one has power over him?
90:6
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يَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ He will say: I have wasted
مَالًا لُّبَدًا much wealth
Verse 6
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
He will say: I have wasted much wealth.
90:7
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اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ Does he think that
لَّمْ يَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ no one sees him?
Verse 7
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Does he think that no one sees him?
90:8
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اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ Have We not given
لَّهٗ عَيْنَيْنِ him two eyes
Verse 8
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Have We not given him two eyes,
90:9
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وَ لِسَانًا And a tongue
وَّ شَفَتَيْنِ and two lips
Verse 9
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And a tongue and two lips,
90:10
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وَ هَدَيْنٰهُ And pointed out to him
النَّجْدَيْنِ the two conspicuous ways?
Verse 10
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
90:11
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فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ But he attempts not
الْعَقَبَةَ the uphill road
Verse 11
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
But he attempts not the uphill road;
90:12
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وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ And what will make thee comprehend
مَا الْعَقَبَةُ what the uphill road is?
Verse 12
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And what will make thee comprehend what the uphill road is?
90:13
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ (It is) to free a slave
Verse 13
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
(It is) to free a slave,
90:14
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اَوْ اِطْعٰمٌ فِيْ يَوْمٍ Or to feed in a day
ذِيْ مَسْغَبَةٍ of hunger
Verse 14
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Or to feed in a day of hunger
90:15
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يَّتِيْمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ An orphan nearly related
Verse 15
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
An orphan nearly related,
90:16
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اَوْ Or
مِسْكِيْنًا the poor man
ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ lying in the dust
Verse 16
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Or the poor man lying in the dust.
90:17
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ Then he is of those
اٰمَنُوْا who believe
وَ تَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ and exhort one another to patience
وَ تَوَاصَوْا and exhort one another
بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ to mercy
Verse 17
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then he is of those who believe and exhort one another to patience, and exhort one another to mercy.
90:18
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اُولٰٓىِٕكَ These are the people
اَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ of the right hand
Verse 18
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
These are the people of the right hand.
90:19
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وَ الَّذِيْنَ And those who
كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا disbelieve in Our messages
هُمْ اَصْحٰبُ they are the people
الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ of the left hand
Verse 19
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And those who disbelieve in Our messages, they are the people of the left hand.
90:20
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ On them is Fire
مُّؤْصَدَةٌ closed over
Verse 20
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
On them is Fire closed over.
90:20
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وَ لَاۤ اَنَا عَابِدٌ Nor shall I serve
مَّا عَبَدْتُّمْ that which ye serve,
Verse 4