About Surah Al-Balad (The City) Surah 90 of 114 Meccan 20 verses Arabic name: البلد Surah Al-Balad (البلد), "The City", is a Meccan surah with 20 verses. On Quran Around The World every verse has its own page that brings together the Arabic text, the Sa'di and Jalalayn tafsir, the English meaning and related topics. Choose a verse number below.
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Surah Al-Balad ( The City ) - English Surah Al-Balad ( The City ) - Aya count 20
Surah Al-Balad (The City) is a Meccan surah of 20 verses. It is surah number 90 in the Mushaf and begins on page 594 of the Madinah Mushaf.
سورة البلد مكية، عدد آياتها 20، وترتيبها 90 في المصحف، وتبدأ في الصفحة 594 من مصحف المدينة النبوية.
سورة البلد بالعربية · الصفحة 594 من المصحف · تفسير السورة
90:1 لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾
I swear by this city, Makkah -
90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
90:3 وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿٥﴾
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8 أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9 وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10 وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾
And have shown him the two ways?
90:11 فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
90:12 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13 فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14 أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٤﴾
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15 يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾
An orphan of near relationship
90:16 أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾
Or a needy person in misery
90:17 ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18 أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾
Those are the companions of the right.
90:19 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
90:20 عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
Over them will be fire closed in.
