البَلَد Al-Balad

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

   90:1

2. وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

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

   90:2

3. وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

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

   90:3

4. لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

   90:4

5. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

   90:5

6. يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

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

   90:6

7. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

   90:7

8. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

   90:8

9. وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

   And a tongue and two lips?

   90:9

10. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

    And have shown him the two ways?

    90:10

11. فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

    90:11

12. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

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

    90:12

13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

    It is the freeing of a slave

    90:13

14. أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

    90:14

15. يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

    An orphan of near relationship

    90:15

16. أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

    Or a needy person in misery

    90:16

17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

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

    90:17

18. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

    Those are the companions of the right.

    90:18

19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

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

    90:19

20. عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

    Over them will be fire closed in.

    90:20

Translation: Sahih International, via Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.