Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ البَلَدِ

English name

Al-Balad

Translation

The City

Number

90

Ayahs

20

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ 

NAY! I call to witness this land –

2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ 

this land in which thou art free to dwell -

3

وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ 

and [I call to witness] parent and offspring:

4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِی كَبَدٍ 

Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial.

5

أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن یَقۡدِرَ عَلَیۡهِ أَحَدࣱ 

Does he, then, think that no one has power over him?

6

یَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا 

He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!"

7

أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ یَرَهُۥۤ أَحَدٌ 

Does he, then, think that no one sees him?

8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَیۡنَیۡنِ 

Have We not given him two eyes,

9

وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَیۡنِ 

and a tongue, and a pair of lips,

10

وَهَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَیۡنِ 

and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]?