001Ayah 1 of 20
I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
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090 Al-Balad
90. The City · 20 verses
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002Ayah 2 of 20
and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –
Translation notes: [1] To punish the enemies of Islam on the Conquest Day.
003Ayah 3 of 20
and by every parent[2] and his offspring,
Translation notes: [2] i.e., Adam.
004Ayah 4 of 20
We have created man in hardship.
005Ayah 5 of 20
Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
006Ayah 6 of 20
He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
007Ayah 7 of 20
Does he think that no one sees him?
008Ayah 8 of 20
Have We not given him two eyes,
009Ayah 9 of 20
and a tongue and two lips,
010Ayah 10 of 20
and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
011Ayah 11 of 20
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[3],
Translation notes: [3] He did not spend for the sake of Allah but to show off.
012Ayah 12 of 20
and how do you know what the steep path is?
013Ayah 13 of 20
It is freeing a slave,
014Ayah 14 of 20
or giving food on a day of hunger,
015Ayah 15 of 20
to an orphan relative,
016Ayah 16 of 20
or to a needy person in misery,
017Ayah 17 of 20
then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
018Ayah 18 of 20
Such are the people of the Right[4].
Translation notes: [4] i.e., those who receive the records of their deeds in the right hand and proceed to Paradise.
019Ayah 19 of 20
As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[5],
Translation notes: [5] i.e., those who receive the records of their deeds in the left hand and proceed to Hellfire.
020Ayah 20 of 20
who will be locked up in the Fire.
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