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English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

Translation by Muhammad Taqi Ud Din Al Hilali And Muhammad Muhsin Khan — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I swear by this city (Makkah)

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah)

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

And by the begetter (i.e. Adam) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny)

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

Verily, We have created man in toil

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Thinks he that none can overcome him

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7

Thinks he that none sees him

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Balad 90:9

And a tongue and a pair of lips

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Balad 90:10

And shown him the two ways (good and evil)

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

And what will make you know the path that is steep

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc)

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine)

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

To an orphan near of kin

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise)

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell)

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet)