Read surah Al-Balad
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]?