90: Al-Balad البلد
This Surah has 20 verses and it was revealed in Makkah. the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has said that whoever recites this Surah will be safe from the Wrath of
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Surah al-Balad (The City)
This Surah has 20 verses and it was revealed in Makkah. the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has said that whoever recites this Surah will be safe from the Wrath of Allah (s.w.t.) on the Day of Reckoning. Those who recite this Surah in their obligatory prayers, will be counted among the pious and will given a highly status in the company of the Prophets and martyrs.
Writing this Surah as a talisman and tying it around the neck of a child keeps him safe from illness. Water on which this Surah has been dissolved, if put in the nostrils, acts as a cure for nose ailments.
Text and Translation
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ(1)
LAA UQSEMO BE-HAAZAL BALADE.
I swear by this town,
وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّ ۢ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ(2)
WA ANTA HILLUM BE-HAAZAL BALADE.
as you reside in this town;
وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَ ۙ(3)
WA WAALEDINW WA MAA WALADA.
[and] by the father and him whom he begot:
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ فِىْ كَبَدٍؕ(4)
LAQAD KHALAQNAL INSAANA FEE KABAD.
certainly We created man in travail.
اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌ ۘ(5)
A-YAHSABO AL LAN-Y YAQDERA A’LAYHE AHAD.
Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him?
يَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ؕ(6)
YAQOOLO AHLAKTO MAALAL LOBADAA.
He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’
اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّمْ يَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ(7)
A-YAHSABO AL LAM YARAHU AHAD.
Does he suppose that no one sees him?
اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَيْنَيْنِۙ(8)
ALAM NAJ-A’L LAHU A’YNAYNE.
Have We not made for him two eyes,
وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيْنِۙ(9)
WA LESAANANW WA SHAFATAYNE.
a tongue, and two lips,
وَهَدَيْنٰهُ النَّجْدَيْنِۚ(10)
WA HADAYNAAHUN NAJDAYN.
and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَۖ(11)
FALAQ TAHAMAL A’QABAH.
Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task.
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰٮكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ ؕ(12)
WA MAA ADRAAKA MAL A’QABAH.
And what will show you what is the uphill task?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۙ(13)
FAKKO RAQABATIN.
[It is] the freeing of a slave,
اَوْ اِطْعٰمٌ فِىْ يَوْمٍ ذِىْ مَسْغَبَةٍ ۙ(14)
AW IT-A’AMUN FEE YAWMIN ZEE MASGHABATIN-Y.
or feeding, during days of [general] starvation,
يَّتِيْمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ۙ(15)
YATEEMAN ZAA MAQRABATIN.
an orphan among relatives
اَوْ مِسْكِيْنًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ؕ(16)
AW MISKEENAN ZAA MATRABAH.
or a needy man in desolation,
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ ؕ(17)
SUMMA KAANA MENAL LAZEENA AAMANOO WA TAWAASAW BIS-SABRE WA TAWAASAW BIL MARHAMAH.
while being one of those who have faith and enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion.
اُولٰٓئِكَ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ؕ(18)
OOLAAA-EKA ASHAABUL MAYMANAH.
They are the People of the Right Hand.
وَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمْ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْئَمَةِ ؕ(19)
WAL LAZEENA KAFAROO BE-AAYAATENA HUM ASHAABUL MASH-AMAH.
But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ(20)
A’LAYHIM NAARUM MOOSADAH.
A closed Fire will be [imposed] upon them.
