90. Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ﴿١﴾

Nay, I swear by this city

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ﴿٢﴾

And thou art an indweller of this city

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ﴿٣﴾

And the begetter and that which he begat

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ﴿٤﴾

We verily have created man in an atmosphere

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ﴿٥﴾

Thinketh he that none hath power over him

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا﴿٦﴾

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ﴿٧﴾

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ﴿٨﴾

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ﴿٩﴾

And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ﴿١٠﴾

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ﴿١١﴾

But he hath not attempted the Ascent

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ﴿١٢﴾

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ﴿١٣﴾

(It is) to free a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ﴿١٤﴾

And to feed in the day of hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ﴿١٥﴾

An orphan near of kin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ﴿١٦﴾

Or some poor wretch in misery

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

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ﴿١٨﴾

Their place will be on the right hand

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ﴿١٩﴾

But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ﴿٢٠﴾

Fire will be an awning over them