# Surah Al-Balad (البَلَد) — The City

> **Chapter 90 of the Holy Quran** · **20 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (20 Verses)

### Verse 90:1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I swear by this city, Makkah

### Verse 90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

### Verse 90:3

وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

### Verse 90:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have certainly created man into hardship

### Verse 90:5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ‏

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

### Verse 90:6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰ ا لُّبَدًا

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

### Verse 90:7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one has seen him

### Verse 90:8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Have We not made for him two eyes

### Verse 90:9

وَلِسَانࣰ ا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

And a tongue and two lips

### Verse 90:10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

And have shown him the two ways

### Verse 90:11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

### Verse 90:12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

### Verse 90:13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave

### Verse 90:14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ‏

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

### Verse 90:15

يَتِيمࣰ ا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

An orphan of near relationship

### Verse 90:16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰ ا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ‏

Or a needy person in misery

### Verse 90:17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

### Verse 90:18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

Those are the companions of the right

### Verse 90:19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

### Verse 90:20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

Over them will be fire closed in