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English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad
Translation by Dr Laleh Bakhtiar — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1
I swear an oath by this land
Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2
thou art allowed in this land
Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3
and by ones who are your parents and what is procreated
Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4
truly, We created the human being in trouble
Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5
Assumes he that none has power over him
Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6
He says: I have caused abundant wealth to perish
Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7
Assumes he that none sees him
Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8
Make we not two eyes for him
Verse 9 — Surah Al-Balad 90:9
and a tongue and two lips
Verse 10 — Surah Al-Balad 90:10
and guided him to the two open highways
Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11
Yet he rushed not onto the steep ascent
Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12
What will cause thee to recognize what the steep ascent is
Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13
It is the liberating of a bondsperson
Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14
or feeding on a day possessing famine
Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15
an orphan, possessor of kinship
Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16
or a needy, possessor of misery
Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17
Again, it had been among those who believed and counseled one another to having patience and counseled one another to clemency
Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18
Those will be the Companions of the Right
Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19
But they who were ungrateful for Our signs they will be the Companions of the Left
Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20
and over them will be fire, that which is closing in