# 90. Surah Al-Balad

> سورة البلد — The City · 20 verses · Mushaf page: 594

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-balad
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ

La oqsimu bihatha albalad

I swear by this land!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ

Waanta hillun bihatha albalad

— And thou art a freeman in this land —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَۙ

Wawalidin wama walad

And by the begetter and what he begot!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ ف۪ي كَبَدٍۜ

Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad

We have created man into adversity.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌۢ

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahad

Thinks he that none has power over him?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

يَقُولُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالاً لُبَداًۜ

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada

He says: “I have spent abundant wealth!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُٓ  اَحَدٌۜ

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahad

Thinks he that none has seen him?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِۙ

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

وَلِسَاناً وَشَفَتَيْنِۙ

Walisanan washafatayn

And a tongue, and two lips,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِۚ

Wahadaynahu annajdayn

And guided him on the two highways?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَۘ

Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba

But he has not attempted the steep path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُۜ

Wama adraka maalAAaqaba

And what will convey to thee what the steep path is?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ

Fakku raqaba

The freeing of a slave,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

اَوْ اِطْعَامٌ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ ذ۪ي مَسْغَبَةٍۙ

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin theemasghaba

Or feeding in a day of starvation

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

يَت۪يماً ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍۙ

Yateeman tha maqraba

A fatherless relation

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

اَوْ مِسْك۪يناً ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۜ

Aw miskeenan tha matraba

Or one needy in misery

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِۜ

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoowatawasaw bissabri watawasaw bilmarhama

Then being among those who heed warning, and counsel one another to patience, and counsel one another to compassion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِۜ

Ola-ika as-habualmaymana

Those are the companions of the right.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا هُمْ اَصْحَابُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِۜ

Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatinahum as-habu almash-ama

But those who deny Our proofs — they are the companions of the left.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

AAalayhim narun mu/sada

Upon them will a Fire be closed in.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-20.md_

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