Surah Balad — The City

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ 90:1

La oqsimu bihatha albalad

Nay, I swear by this city -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ 90:2

Waanta hillun bihatha albalad

And thou art an indweller of this city -

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ 90:3

Wawalidin wama walad

And the begetter and that which he begat,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ 90:4

Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad

We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ 90:5

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahad

Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا 90:6

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ 90:7

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahad

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ 90:8

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayn

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ 90:9

Walisanan washafatayn

And a tongue and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ 90:10

Wahadaynahu annajdayn

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ 90:11

Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba

But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ 90:12

Wama adraka maalAAaqaba

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ 90:13

Fakku raqaba

(It is) to free a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ 90:14

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin theemasghaba

And to feed in the day of hunger.

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ 90:15

Yateeman tha maqraba

An orphan near of kin,

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ 90:16

Aw miskeenan tha matraba

Or some poor wretch in misery,

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ 90:17

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoowatawasaw bissabri watawasaw bilmarhama

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ 90:18

Ola-ika as-habualmaymana

Their place will be on the right hand.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ 90:19

Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatinahum as-habu almash-ama

But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ 90:20

AAalayhim narun mu/sada

Fire will be an awning over them.