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90. Al-Balad — The City

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 20 sections

1. 90:1

   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

   Nay, I swear by this city

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

   And thou art an indweller of this city

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   Wawalidin wama walada

   And the begetter and that which he begat

4. 90:4

   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

   Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

   We verily have created man in an atmosphere

5. 90:5

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ‏

   Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

   Thinketh he that none hath power over him

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰ ا لُّبَدًا

   Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

   And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth

7. 90:7

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

   Thinketh he that none beholdeth him

8. 90:8

   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

   Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

   Did We not assign unto him two eyes

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانࣰ ا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

   Walisanan washafatayni

   And a tongue and two lips

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

    Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

    And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways

11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

    But he hath not attempted the Ascent

12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

    Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is

13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    Fakku raqabatin

    (It is) to free a slave

14. 90:14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ‏

    Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

    And to feed in the day of hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمࣰ ا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    Yateeman tha maqrabatin

    An orphan near of kin

16. 90:16

    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰ ا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ‏

    Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

    Or some poor wretch in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

    Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

    And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity

18. 90:18

    أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Olaika ashabu almaymanati

    Their place will be on the right hand

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

    Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

    But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand

20. 90:20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

    AAalayhim narun musadatun

    Fire will be an awning over them

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.