English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

Translation by Ahmed Ali — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I CALL THIS earth to witness

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Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

And you are free to live upon it

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Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

And the parent and the offspring

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Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

That We created man in toil and trouble

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Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Does he think that no one has power over him

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Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth

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Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7

Does he think that no one sees him

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Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8

Did We not give him two eyes

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Verse 9 — Surah Al-Balad 90:9

One tongue, and two lips

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Verse 10 — Surah Al-Balad 90:10

And showed him two highways (of good and evil)

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Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

But he could not scale the steep ascent

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Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is

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Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery)

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Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

Or to feed in times of famine

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Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

The orphan near in relationship

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Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

Or the poor in distress

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Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind

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Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed)

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Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand

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Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

The Fire will vault them over

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