English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 90 البلد
20 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ Verse 1
Nay, I swear by this city -
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ Verse 2
And thou art an indweller of this city -
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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ Verse 3
And the begetter and that which he begat,
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ Verse 4
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ Verse 5
Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا Verse 6
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ Verse 7
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ Verse 8
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ Verse 9
And a tongue and two lips,
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وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ Verse 10
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?
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فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ Verse 11
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ Verse 12
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ Verse 13
(It is) to free a slave,
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أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ Verse 14
And to feed in the day of hunger.
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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ Verse 15
An orphan near of kin,
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ Verse 16
Or some poor wretch in misery,
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ Verse 17
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
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أُولَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ Verse 18
Their place will be on the right hand.
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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ Verse 19
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ Verse 20
Fire will be an awning over them.
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