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Verse 1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Transliteration
Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad
Translation
I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
Surah 90
The City
البلد
Al-Balad
Meccan20 Verses
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Verse 2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Transliteration
Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad
Translation
and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city –
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Verse 3
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Transliteration
Wa waalidinw wa maa walad
Translation
and by every parent and his offspring,
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Verse 4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Transliteration
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad
Translation
We have created man in hardship.
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Verse 5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ
Transliteration
Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad
Translation
Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
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Verse 6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا
Transliteration
Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa
Translation
He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
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Verse 7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Transliteration
Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad
Translation
Does he think that no one sees him?
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Verse 8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Transliteration
Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn
Translation
Have We not given him two eyes,
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Verse 9
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Transliteration
Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn
Translation
and a tongue and two lips,
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Verse 10
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Transliteration
Wa hadaynaahun najdayn
Translation
and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
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Verse 11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Transliteration
Falaq tahamal-'aqabah
Translation
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path,
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Verse 12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Transliteration
Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah
Translation
and how do you know what the steep path is?
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Verse 13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Transliteration
Fakku raqabah
Translation
It is freeing a slave,
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Verse 14
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah
Translation
or giving food on a day of hunger,
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Verse 15
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Transliteration
Yateeman zaa maqrabah
Translation
to an orphan relative,
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Verse 16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah
Translation
or to a needy person in misery,
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Verse 17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Transliteration
Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah
Translation
then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
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Verse 18
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Transliteration
Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah
Translation
Such are the people of the Right.
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Verse 19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Transliteration
Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah
Translation
As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left,
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Verse 20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
Transliteration
Alaihim naarum mu'sadah
Translation
who will be locked up in the Fire.