Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 90:1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝١

   Lā uqsimu bihāżal-balad(i).

   I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝٢

   Wa anta ḥillum bihāżal-balad(i).

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

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ۝٣

   Wa wālidiw wa mā walad(a).

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

4. 90:4

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ۝٤

   Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī kabad(in).

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 90:5

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ۝٥

   Ayaḥsabu allay yaqdira ‘alaihi aḥad(un).

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ۝٦

   Yaqūlu ahlaktu mālal lubadā(n).

   He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

7. 90:7

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٧

   Ayaḥsabu allam yarahū aḥad(un).

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 90:8

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ۝٨

   Alam naj‘al lahū ‘ainain(i).

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ۝٩

   Wa lisānaw wa syafatain(i).

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ۝١٠

    Wa hadaināhun-najdain(i).

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ۝١١

    Falaqtaḥamal-‘aqabah(ta).

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ۝١٢

    Wa mā adrāka mal-‘aqabah(tu).

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

13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۝١٣

    Fakku raqabah(tin).

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 90:14

    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ۝١٤

    Au iṭ‘āmun fī yaumin żī masgabah(tin).

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ۝١٥

    Yatīman żā maqrabah(tin).

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ۝١٦

    Au miskīnan żā matrabah(tin).

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ۝١٧

    Ṡumma kāna minal-lażīna āmanū wa tawāṣau biṣ-ṣabri wa tawāṣau bil-marḥamah(ti).

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

18. 90:18

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ۝١٨

    Ulā'ika aṣḥābul-maimanah(ti).

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ۝١٩

    Wal-lażīna kafarū bi'āyātinā hum aṣḥābul-masy'amah(ti).

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

20. 90:20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ۝٢٠

    ‘Alaihim nārum mu'ṣadah(tun).

    Over them will be fire closed in.

Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.