سُورَةُ البلد
90. Al-Balad
The City
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ١
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I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ٢
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And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –
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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣
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And [by] the father1924 and that which was born [of him],
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1924Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ٤
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We have certainly created man into hardship.
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ٥
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Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا٦
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He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧
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Does he think that no one has seen him?
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ٨
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Have We not made for him two eyes?
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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩
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And a tongue and two lips?
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وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠
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And have shown him the two ways?1925
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1925Of good and evil.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١
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But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1926
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1926i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢
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And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣
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It is the freeing of a slave
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أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ١٤
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Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥
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An orphan of near relationship
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ١٦
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Or a needy person in misery
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧
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And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨
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Those are the companions of the right.1927
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1927Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩
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But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1928
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1928Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠
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Over them will be fire closed in.1929
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1929The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.
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