English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

Translation by Hamid S Aziz — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I swear (or call to witness) this City (Mecca)

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Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

And you (Muhammad) are a dweller of this City

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Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

And the (mystic ties) of Parent and Child

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Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

We have surely created man in suffering (struggle, trouble, sorrow)

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Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Does he think that none has power over him

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Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He says, "I have squandered wealth in plenty

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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

Have We not made for 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 guided him in the two highways

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Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

But he has not attempted the ascent

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Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

And what will explain to you the ascent

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Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

It is freeing captives (or prisoners, slaves, the restricted or bound)

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Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

Or feeding on the day of privation

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Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

An orphan who is a kin

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Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

Or a destitute lying in the dust (of misery)

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Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

And again (it is) to be of those who believe and encourage each other to patience, and encourage each other to mercy

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Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

These are the fellows of the right

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Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

But those who disbelieve in our signs, they are the fellows of the left

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Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

For them is the enclosing Fire

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