Al-Baladسورة البلد

The City
Ayah - 20, Meccan
90:1
بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ لا أُقسِمُ بِهٰذَا البَلَدِ

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I swear by this city, Makkah -
90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهٰذَا البَلَدِ

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And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
90:3
وَوالِدٍ وَما وَلَدَ

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And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
90:4
لَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسٰنَ فى كَبَدٍ

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We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
أَيَحسَبُ أَن لَن يَقدِرَ عَلَيهِ أَحَدٌ

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Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
يَقولُ أَهلَكتُ مالًا لُبَدًا

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He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
أَيَحسَبُ أَن لَم يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

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Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
أَلَم نَجعَل لَهُ عَينَينِ

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Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
وَلِسانًا وَشَفَتَينِ

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And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
وَهَدَينٰهُ النَّجدَينِ

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And have shown him the two ways?
90:11
فَلَا اقتَحَمَ العَقَبَةَ

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But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
90:12
وَما أَدرىٰكَ مَا العَقَبَةُ

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And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

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It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَو إِطعٰمٌ فى يَومٍ ذى مَسغَبَةٍ

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Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتيمًا ذا مَقرَبَةٍ

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An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَو مِسكينًا ذا مَترَبَةٍ

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Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمَّ كانَ مِنَ الَّذينَ ءامَنوا وَتَواصَوا بِالصَّبرِ وَتَواصَوا بِالمَرحَمَةِ

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And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
أُولٰئِكَ أَصحٰبُ المَيمَنَةِ

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Those are the companions of the right.
90:19
وَالَّذينَ كَفَروا بِـٔايٰتِنا هُم أَصحٰبُ المَشـَٔمَةِ

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But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
90:20
عَلَيهِم نارٌ مُؤصَدَةٌ

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Over them will be fire closed in.