English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

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Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I swear by this city —

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Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

and you are resident in this city —

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Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

and by a father and what he fathered

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Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

We created man in trouble

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Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Does he imagine that no one has power over him

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Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He says, ´I have consumed vast quantities of wealth.´

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Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7

Does he imagine that no one has seen him

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Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8

Have We not given him two eyes

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Verse 9 — Surah Al-Balad 90:9

and a tongue and two lips

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Verse 10 — Surah Al-Balad 90:10

and shown him the two highways

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Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

But he has not braved the steep ascent

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Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

What will convey to you what the steep ascent is

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Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

It is freeing a slave

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Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

or feeding on a day of hunger

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Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

an orphaned relative

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Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

or a poor man in the dust

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Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

then to be one of those who have iman and urge each other to steadfastness and urge each other to compassion

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Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

Those are the Companions of the Right

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Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

Those who reject Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left

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Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

Above them is a sealed vault of Fire

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