Surah Al-Balad

Surah Al-Balad

In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

I swear by this city (Makkah); (Quran Surah Al-Balad 90:1)

And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah). (Quran Surah Al-Balad 90:2)

And by the begetter (i.e. Adam ) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny); (Quran Surah Al-Balad 90:3)

Verily, We have created man in toil. (Quran Surah Al-Balad 90:4)

Thinks he that none can overcome him? (Quran 90:5)

He says (boastfully): “I have wasted wealth in abundance!” (Quran 90:6)

Thinks he that none sees him? (Quran 90:7)

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? (Quran 90:8)

And a tongue and a pair of lips? (Quran 90:9)

And shown him the two ways (good and evil)? (Quran 90:10)

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep. (Quran 90:11)

And what will make you know the path that is steep? (Quran 90:12)

(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.) (Quran 90:13)

Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), (Quran 90:14)

To an orphan near of kin. (Quran 90:15)

Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery. (Quran 90:16)

Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. (Quran 90:17)

They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), (Quran 90:18)

But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell). (Quran 90:19)

The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. (Quran 90:20)

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