Surah البَلَد

90 : 1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

90 : 2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

90 : 3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

Explanation & meanings · 1

Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .

90 : 4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have certainly created man into hardship.

90 : 5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

90 : 6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

90 : 7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one has seen him?

90 : 8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Have We not made for him two eyes?

90 : 9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

And a tongue and two lips?

90 : 10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

And have shown him the two ways?

Explanation & meanings · 1

Of good and evil.

90 : 11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Explanation & meanings · 1

i.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.

90 : 12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

90 : 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave

90 : 14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

90 : 15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

An orphan of near relationship

90 : 16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Or a needy person in misery

90 : 17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

90 : 18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

Those are the companions of the right.

Explanation & meanings · 1

Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.

90 : 19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

Explanation & meanings · 1

Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.

90 : 20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

Over them will be fire closed in.

Explanation & meanings · 1

The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.

البَلَد

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