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90: The City (سُورَةُ البَلَدِ)

Revealed in Makkah. Number of ayahs: 20

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Ayah Text in عربي, English (Yusuf Ali translation), عربي (بدون تشكيل) and transliteration
1

I do call to witness this City;-
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad
2

And thou art a freeman of this City;-
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad
3

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
ووالد وما ولد
Wa waalidinw wa maa walad
4

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad
5

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira ‘alaihi ahad
6

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa
7

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad
8

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam naj’al lahoo ‘aynayn
9

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-
ولسانا وشفتين
Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn
10

And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
Wa hadaynaahun najdayn
11

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Falaq tahamal-‘aqabah
12

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wa maaa adraaka mal’aqabah
13

(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabah
14

Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw it’aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah
15

To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman zaa maqrabah
16

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah
17

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah
18

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Ulaaa’ika As-haabul maimanah
19

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash’amah
20

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Alaihim naarum mu’sadah