English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

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Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I swear by this territory

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Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

and thou, O prophet, residest in this territory

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Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

and by the begetter, and that which He hath begotten

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Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

verily We have created man in misery

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Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Doth he think that none shall prevail over him

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Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He saith, I have wasted plenty of riches

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Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7

Doth he think that none seeth him

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Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8

Have we not made 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 shewn him the two highways of good and evil

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Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

Yet he attempteth not the cliff

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Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

What shall make thee to understand what the cliff is

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Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

It is to free the captive

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Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

or to feed, in the day of famine

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Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

the orphan who is of kin

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Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

or the poor man who lieth on the ground

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Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

Whoso doth this, and is one of those who believe, and recommend perseverance unto each other, and recommend mercy unto each other

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Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

these shall be the companions of the right-hand

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Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

But they who shall disbelieve our signs, shall be the companions of the left-hand

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Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

Above them shall be arched fire

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