Surah Al-Balad (سورة Al-Balad)

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Surah Al-Balad (Arabic: سورة Al-Balad, "The City") is the 90 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 20 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah Al-Balad ("The City") is chapter 90 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 20 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 90:1

لَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏

lā uq'simu bihādhā l-baladi

I swear by this city, Makkah

Verse 90:2

وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّۭ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏

wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city

Verse 90:3

وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَۙ‏

wawālidin wamā walada

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]

Verse 90:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِيۡ كَبَدٍؕ‏

laqad khalaqnā l-insāna fī kabadin

We have certainly created man into hardship

Verse 90:5

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌۘ‏

ayaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥadun

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

Verse 90:6

يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاؕ‏

yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan lubadan

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

Verse 90:7

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗ٘ اَحَدٌؕ‏

ayaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥadun

Does he think that no one has seen him

Verse 90:8

اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ‏

alam najʿal lahu ʿaynayni

Have We not made for him two eyes

Verse 90:9

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ‏

walisānan washafatayni

And a tongue and two lips

Verse 90:10

وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِۚ‏

wahadaynāhu l-najdayni

And have shown him the two ways

Verse 90:11

فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَؗۖ‏

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

Verse 90:12

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُؕ‏

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass

Verse 90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ‏

It is the freeing of a slave

Verse 90:14

اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِيۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِيۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍۙ‏

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Verse 90:15

يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍۙ‏

An orphan of near relationship

Verse 90:16

اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍؕ‏

Or a needy person in misery

Verse 90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِؕ‏

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion

Verse 90:18

اُولٰٓئِكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِؕ‏

Those are the companions of the right

Verse 90:19

وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِؕ‏

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left

Verse 90:20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌࣖ‏

Over them will be fire closed in