Surah Al-Balad
سورة البلد
The City
Surah 90 · 20 Ayahs
What Is Surah Al-Balad?
Surah Al-Balad is Surah 90 of the Quran. It contains 20 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
- 1
Ayah 1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Meaning
I swear by this city,
- 2
Ayah 2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Meaning
-and (O Prophet,) you are going to be allowed (to fight) in this city-
- 3
Ayah 3
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Meaning
and by the father and all those he begot,
- 4
Ayah 4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Meaning
indeed We have created man (to live) in hard struggle.
- 5
Ayah 5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Meaning
Does he think that no one has power over him?
- 6
Ayah 6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Meaning
He says, “I have spent a lot of wealth.”
- 7
Ayah 7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Meaning
Does he think that no one has seen him?
- 8
Ayah 8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Meaning
Did We not make for him two eyes,
- 9
Ayah 9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Meaning
and one tongue and two lips,
- 10
Ayah 10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Meaning
and showed him the two ways?
- 11
Ayah 11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Meaning
Yet he did not make his way through the steep course,- -
- 12
Ayah 12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Meaning
- And what may let you know what the steep course is?
- 13
Ayah 13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Meaning
(It is) freeing of the neck of a slave,
- 14
Ayah 14
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
Meaning
or giving food in a day of hunger
- 15
Ayah 15
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Meaning
to an orphan near of kin,
- 16
Ayah 16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Meaning
or to a needy person lying in dust- -
- 17
Ayah 17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Meaning
- then he did not join those who believe and advise each other to be patient and advise each other to be merciful.
- 18
Ayah 18
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Meaning
Those are the People of the Right Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their right hands)
- 19
Ayah 19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Meaning
As for those who reject Our verses, they are the People of the Left Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their left hands.)
- 20
Ayah 20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
Meaning
Upon them will be the Fire, enveloping them with closed exits.
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