Surah Al-Balad

Surah Al-Balad (The City) is the 90th chapter of the Holy Quran, with 20 verses. Below is the full Arabic text with transliteration and the English translation. You can also listen to it in immersive 8D audio or open it in the interactive reader.

1. 90:1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

2. 90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

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

3. 90:3

   وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

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

4. 90:4

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 90:5

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

   Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

   Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

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

7. 90:7

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 90:8

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 90:9

   وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 90:10

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. 90:11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. 90:12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

    Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

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

13. 90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    Fakku raqabah

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 90:14

    أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

    Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 90:15

    يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    Yateeman zaa maqrabah

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 90:16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

    Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

    Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

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

18. 90:18

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. 90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

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

20. 90:20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

    Over them will be fire closed in.

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