Surah 90 · Makkah · 20 verses · 82 words
Surah Al-Balad word by word: meaning and pronunciation
Surah Al-Balad, “The City”, is surah 90 of the Quran. It was revealed in Makkah and has 20 verses. The meaning of each word is under it; tap a word to hear it.
سُورَةُ البلد
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ١
1. I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ٢
2. And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
3. And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Roots in this verse: و ل د
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤
4. We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ٥
5. Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ٦
6. He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ ٧
7. Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ ٨
8. Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ٩
9. And a tongue and two lips?
Roots in this verse: ل س ن
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ ١٠
10. And have shown him the two ways?
Roots in this verse: ه د ي
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ ١١
11. But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Roots in this verse: ع ق ب
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
12. And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
13. It is the freeing of a slave
Roots in this verse: ر ق ب
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ ١٤
14. Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ١٥
15. An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ١٦
16. Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ ١٧
17. And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ١٨
18. Those are the companions of the right.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ ١٩
19. But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ٢٠
20. Over them will be fire closed in.
Roots in this verse: ن و ر
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