# 90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 1 - **Surah:** 90. Surah Al-Balad (The City) — سورة البلد - **Verse:** 1 / 20 · **Juz:** 30 · **Mushaf page:** 593 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-1 ## Arabic لَٓا اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ ## Transcription La oqsimu bihatha albalad ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley I swear by this city – ### Progressive Muslims I swear by this land. ### Shabbir Ahmed Nay, I present this very Town as witness. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation I swear by this land! ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation I do swear by this land. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament I solemnly swear by this town. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira I CALL THIS earth to witness -- ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) I swear by this city, Makkah - ### Muhammad Asad NAY! I call to witness this land – ### Marmaduke Pickthall Nay, I swear by this city - ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary Nay![1] I swear by this city[2] _Footnotes_ - [1] As we have explained in(E.N.1 of Surah Al-Qiyamah), to begin a discourse with a Nay and resume it with an oath means that the people were asserting a wrong thing to refute which it was said: Nay, the truth is not that which you seem to assert, but I swear by such and such a thing that the truth is this and this. As for the question what it was to refute which this discourse was sent down, it is indicated by the theme that follows. The disbelievers of Makkah said that there was nothing wrong with the way of life that they were following, as if to say: Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die in the natural process of time. Muhammad (peace be upon him), without any reason, is finding fault with this way of life and warning us that we would at some time in the future be called to account for it and rewarded and punished accordingly. - [2] This City: the city of Makkah. There was no need here to explain why an oath was being sworn by this City. The people of Makkah were well aware of the background and importance of their city and knew how in the midst of desolate mountains, in an un-cultivated, barren valley, the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) had brought his wife and suckling child and left them there without any support; how he had built a House there and proclaimed to the people to visit it as pilgrims when there was no soul for miles around to hear the proclamation, and then how this city had eventually become the commercial and religious centre of Arabia and was blessed with such sacredness that there was no other place of security beside it in that lawless land for centuries. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab I swear by this sacred town -Macca- ### Bijan Moeinian I (God) swear by this very city of Mecca. ### Al-Hilali & Khan I swear by this city (Makkah); ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali I do call to witness this City;- ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran I do swear by this city ˹of Mecca˺— ### Taqi Usmani I swear by this city, ### Abdul Haleem I swear by this city–– ### Arthur John Arberry No! I swear by this land, ### E. Henry Palmer I need not swear by the Lord of this land, ### Hamid S. Aziz I swear (or call to witness) this City (Mecca), ### Mahmoud Ghali No! I swear by this country, - (Or: city) ### George Sale I swear by this territory, ### Syed Vickar Ahamed I (reference is to Allah) do swear by this City (of Makkah); ### Amatul Rahman Omar Nay, (it will never happen as the disbelievers desire. ) I do swear by this city (of Makkah), ### Ali Quli Qarai I swear by this town, ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Kasem ederim şu beldeye (yaşamakta olduğun dünyaya). . . ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Hayır; bu şehre yemin ederim, ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Senin yaşamakta olduğun bu beldeye; doğurana ve doğana yemin olsun ki, ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (1-4) Sen bu beldedeyken bu beldeye (Mekke'ye), babaya ve ondan meydana gelen çocuğa yemin ederim ki, biz insanı bir sıkıntı ve zorluk içinde (olacak ve bunlara göğüs gerecek şekilde) yarattık. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Yo... Kasem ederim bu beldeye ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Yo... yemin ederim bu beldeye! ### Gültekin Onan Hayır; bu şehre yemin ederim, ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim (Hakıykat kafirlerin dediği gibi değildir). Şu beldeye yemin ederim. ### İbni Kesir Şu beldeye yemin ederim; ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Ben bu beldeyi tanıklığa çağırırım, ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Hayır, Yemin ederim, bu şehre! ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Yoo, and içerim bu kente, ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Yemin ederim bu kente ki, iş onların sandığı gibi değildir! ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Ötesi yok, işte Ben yemin ediyorum bu beldeye, ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Hayır! Bu beldeye yemin ederim! ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Asla! Yemin olsun; bu Yöreye! ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Hayır! Bu şehre dikkatinizi çekerim ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Hayır bu şehre (Mekke'ye) yemin ederim. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Hayır! Bu beldeye yemin ederim! ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Hayır! Bu beldeye yemin ederim! ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Hayır, bu şehre (Mekke'ye) yemin ederim,[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] [Tin 95/3.](https://quran.so/95/3) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | لَآ — lā | Nay | — | | 2 | أُقْسِمُ — uq'simu | I swear | قسم — Kaf-Sin-Mim | | 3 | بِهَـٰذَا — bihādhā | by this | — | | 4 | ٱلْبَلَدِ — l-baladi | city | بلد — Be-Lam-Dal | --- Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-2.md Retrieved: 2026-08-12 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.