90. Al-Balad (The City) Read Surah - Kuran.Wiki

90. Al-Balad (The City) Read Surah - Kuran.Wiki

Surah Al-Balad

Surah Al-Balad (The City) is the 90. surah in Quran.Al-Balad surah is listed as the 35. by revelation order.

The meaning of surah Al-Balad is The City. In total this surah is consist of 20 auahs. You can read Al-Balad by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.

It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. This surah takes its name from the word mentioned in the first ayah.

This surah talks about the choices humans can make in their life which will result in either being a believer or disbeliever. God has given us the ability and intelligence to judge the right from the wrong. It is ultimately our choice to choose which path we take, and the path we take will take us to the appropriate end. The good will be awarded with paradise and the bad will be punished with hell.

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

لا أقسم بهـذا ٱلبلد

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

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

وأنت حل بهـذا ٱلبلد

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

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

ووالد وما ولد

We have certainly created man into hardship.

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

لقد خلقنا ٱلإنسـن فى كبد

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira ‘alaihi ahad

أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد

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

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا

Does he think that no one has seen him?

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

أيحسب أن لم يرهۥ أحد

Have We not made for him two eyes?

Alam naj’al lahoo ‘aynayn

ألم نجعل لهۥ عينين

And a tongue and two lips?

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

ولسانا وشفتين

And have shown him the two ways?

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

وهدينـه ٱلنجدين

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Falaq tahamal-‘aqabah

فلا ٱقتحم ٱلعقبة

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

Wa maaa adraaka mal’aqabah

وما أدرىك ما ٱلعقبة

It is the freeing of a slave

Fakku raqabah

فك رقبة

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Aw it’aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

أو إطعـم فى يوم ذى مسغبة

An orphan of near relationship

Yateeman zaa maqrabah

يتيما ذا مقربة

Or a needy person in misery

Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

أو مسكينا ذا متربة

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

Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

ثم كان من ٱلذين ءامنوا وتواصوا بٱلصبر وتواصوا بٱلمرحمة

Those are the companions of the right.

Ulaaa’ika As-haabul maimanah

أولـئك أصحـب ٱلميمنة

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

Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash’amah

وٱلذين كفروا بـايـتنا هم أصحـب ٱلمشـمة

Over them will be fire closed in.

Alaihim naarum mu’sadah

عليهم نار مؤصدة

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