Surah Al-Balad
Surah Al-Balad is surah number 90 in the order of the Mushaf. It is Meccan, has 20 verses, and begins in Juz 30 on page 594.
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ 1
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] Translation by — Saheeh International
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ 2
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city Translation by — Saheeh International
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ 3
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], Translation by — Saheeh International
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ 4
We have certainly created man into hardship. Translation by — Saheeh International
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ 5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? Translation by — Saheeh International
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا 6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." Translation by — Saheeh International
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ 7
Does he think that no one has seen him? Translation by — Saheeh International
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ 8
Have We not made for him two eyes? Translation by — Saheeh International
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ 9
And a tongue and two lips? Translation by — Saheeh International
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ 10
And have shown him the two ways? Translation by — Saheeh International
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ 11
But he has not broken through the difficult pass. Translation by — Saheeh International
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ 12
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? Translation by — Saheeh International
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ 13
It is the freeing of a slave Translation by — Saheeh International
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ 14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger Translation by — Saheeh International
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ 15
An orphan of near relationship Translation by — Saheeh International
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ 16
Or a needy person in misery Translation by — Saheeh International
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ 17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. Translation by — Saheeh International
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ 18
Those are the companions of the right. Translation by — Saheeh International
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ 19
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. Translation by — Saheeh International
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ 20
Over them will be fire closed in. Translation by — Saheeh International
