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English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

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Verse 1 — Surah Al-Balad 90:1

I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Balad 90:2

and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city –

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Balad 90:3

and by every parent and offspring

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Balad 90:4

We have created man in hardship

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Balad 90:5

Does he think that none can ever have power over him

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Balad 90:6

He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Balad 90:7

Does he think that no one sees him

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Balad 90:8

Have We not given him two eyes

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Balad 90:9

and a tongue and two lips

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Balad 90:10

and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Balad 90:11

Yet he did not make his way through the steep path

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Balad 90:12

and how do you know what the steep path is

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Balad 90:13

It is freeing a slave

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Balad 90:14

or giving food on a day of hunger

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Balad 90:15

to an orphan relative

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Balad 90:16

or to a needy person in misery

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Balad 90:17

then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Balad 90:18

Such are the people of the Right

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Balad 90:19

As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Balad 90:20

who will be locked up in the Fire