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 |
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| 1 |
 I do call to witness this City;-
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad
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| 2 |
 And thou art a freeman of this City;-
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad
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| 3 |
 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
ووالد وما ولد
Wa waalidinw wa maa walad
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| 4 |
 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad
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| 5 |
 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira ‘alaihi ahad
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| 6 |
 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa
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| 7 |
 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad
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| 8 |
 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam naj’al lahoo ‘aynayn
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| 9 |
 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-
ولسانا وشفتين
Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn
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| 10 |
 And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
Wa hadaynaahun najdayn
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| 11 |
 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Falaq tahamal-‘aqabah
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| 12 |
 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wa maaa adraaka mal’aqabah
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| 13 |
 (It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabah
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| 14 |
 Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw it’aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah
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| 15 |
 To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman zaa maqrabah
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| 16 |
 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah
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| 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
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| 18 |
 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Ulaaa’ika As-haabul maimanah
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| 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
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| 20 |
 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Alaihim naarum mu’sadah
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