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Surah The City [Al-Balad] in English

Surah The City [Al-Balad] Ayah 20 Location Maccah Number 90

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

Nay! I swear by this city;

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

And you are free in this city.

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

And by the begetter and that which he begot.

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Verily, We have created man in Kabad.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿٥﴾

Does he think that none can overcome him

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

He says: \"I have wasted wealth in abundance!\"

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Does he think that none sees him

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

Have We not made for him two eyes

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

And shown him the two ways

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

And what will make you know the path that is steep

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Freeing a neck

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٤﴾

Or giving food in a day full of Masghabah,

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

To an orphan near of kin.

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾

Or to a Miskin cleaving to dust.

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Then he became one of those who believed and recommended one another to patience, and recommended one another to compassion.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

They are those on the Right,

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat, they are those on the Left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Upon them Fire will Mu'sadah.