90. Al-Balad

90:1

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

Lā uqsimu bihādhā al-balad

Nay, I swear by this city -

90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

Waʾanta ḥillun bihādhā al-balad

And thou art an indweller of this city -

90:3

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

Wawālidin wamā walad

And the begetter and that which he begat,

90:4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Laqad khalaqnā al-insāna fī kabad

We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

90:5

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾

Ayaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥad

Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

90:6

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

Yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan lubadā

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

90:7

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Ayaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥad

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

90:8

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

Alam najʿal lahu ʿaynayn

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

90:9

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

Walisānan washafatayn

And a tongue and two lips,

90:10

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

Wahadaynāhu an-najdayn

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

90:11

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

Falā iqtaḥama al-ʿaqabah

But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

90:12

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

Wamā adrāka mā al-ʿaqabah

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Fakku raqabah

(It is) to free a slave,

90:14

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾

Aw iṭʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabah

And to feed in the day of hunger.

90:15

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Yatīman dhā maqrabah

An orphan near of kin,

90:16

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾

Aw miskīnan dhā matrabah

Or some poor wretch in misery,

90:17

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

Thumma kāna mina alladhīna āmanū watawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabri watawāṣaw bil-marḥamah

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

90:18

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Ulāʾika aṣḥābu al-maymanah

Their place will be on the right hand.

90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

Walladhīna kafarū biʾāyātinā hum aṣḥābu al-mashʾamah

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

90:20

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

ʿalayhim nārun muʾṣadah

Fire will be an awning over them.