Surah Al-Balad — The City

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

I do call to witness this City;- 90:1

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

And thou art a freeman of this City;- 90:2

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- 90:3

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 90:4

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿٥﴾

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 90:5

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 90:6

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 90:7

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 90:8

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- 90:9

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

And shown him the two highways? 90:10

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 90:11

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- 90:12

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

(It is:) freeing the bondman; 90:13

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٤﴾

Or the giving of food in a day of privation 90:14

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

To the orphan with claims of relationship, 90:15

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. 90:16

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. 90:17

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. 90:18

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. 90:19

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). 90:20