لَآlā
Nay أُقْسِمُuq'simu
I swear بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā
by this ٱلْبَلَدِl-baladi
city ١
Nay أُقْسِمُuq'simu
I swear بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā
by this ٱلْبَلَدِl-baladi
city ١
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
Qur'an 90 · Makkan · 20 ayat
البلد — Al-Balad
The City
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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2910 · Hasan (Darussalam)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَأَنتَwa-anta
And you حِلٌّۢḥillun
(are) free (to dwell) بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā
in this ٱلْبَلَدِl-baladi
city ٢
And you حِلٌّۢḥillun
(are) free (to dwell) بِهَـٰذَاbihādhā
in this ٱلْبَلَدِl-baladi
city ٢
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدٍۢwawālidin
And the begetter وَمَاwamā
and what وَلَدَwalada
he begot ٣
And the begetter وَمَاwamā
and what وَلَدَwalada
he begot ٣
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْlaqad
Certainly خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā
We have created ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna
man فِىfī
(to be) in كَبَدٍkabadin
hardship ٤
Certainly خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā
We have created ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna
man فِىfī
(to be) in كَبَدٍkabadin
hardship ٤
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabu
Does he think أَنan
that لَّنlan
not يَقْدِرَyaqdira
has power عَلَيْهِʿalayhi
over him أَحَدٌۭaḥadun
anyone ٥
Does he think أَنan
that لَّنlan
not يَقْدِرَyaqdira
has power عَلَيْهِʿalayhi
over him أَحَدٌۭaḥadun
anyone ٥
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُyaqūlu
He will say أَهْلَكْتُahlaktu
I have squandered مَالًۭاmālan
wealth لُّبَدًاlubadan
abundant ٦
He will say أَهْلَكْتُahlaktu
I have squandered مَالًۭاmālan
wealth لُّبَدًاlubadan
abundant ٦
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabu
Does he think أَنan
that لَّمْlam
not يَرَهُۥٓyarahu
sees him أَحَدٌaḥadun
anyone ٧
Does he think أَنan
that لَّمْlam
not يَرَهُۥٓyarahu
sees him أَحَدٌaḥadun
anyone ٧
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْalam
Have not نَجْعَلnajʿal
We made لَّهُۥlahu
for him عَيْنَيْنِʿaynayni
two eyes ٨
Have not نَجْعَلnajʿal
We made لَّهُۥlahu
for him عَيْنَيْنِʿaynayni
two eyes ٨
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًۭاwalisānan
And a tongue وَشَفَتَيْنِwashafatayni
and two lips ٩
And a tongue وَشَفَتَيْنِwashafatayni
and two lips ٩
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُwahadaynāhu
And shown him ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِl-najdayni
the two ways ١٠
And shown him ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِl-najdayni
the two ways ١٠
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَاfalā
But not ٱقْتَحَمَiq'taḥama
he has attempted ٱلْعَقَبَةَl-ʿaqabata
the steep path ١١
But not ٱقْتَحَمَiq'taḥama
he has attempted ٱلْعَقَبَةَl-ʿaqabata
the steep path ١١
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآwamā
And what أَدْرَىٰكَadrāka
can make you know مَاmā
what ٱلْعَقَبَةُl-ʿaqabatu
the steep path (is) ١٢
And what أَدْرَىٰكَadrāka
can make you know مَاmā
what ٱلْعَقَبَةُl-ʿaqabatu
the steep path (is) ١٢
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّfakku
(It is) freeing رَقَبَةٍraqabatin
a neck ١٣
(It is) freeing رَقَبَةٍraqabatin
a neck ١٣
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْaw
Or إِطْعَـٰمٌۭiṭ'ʿāmun
feeding فِىfī
in يَوْمٍۢyawmin
a day ذِىdhī
of مَسْغَبَةٍۢmasghabatin
severe hunger ١٤
Or إِطْعَـٰمٌۭiṭ'ʿāmun
feeding فِىfī
in يَوْمٍۢyawmin
a day ذِىdhī
of مَسْغَبَةٍۢmasghabatin
severe hunger ١٤
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًۭاyatīman
An orphan ذَاdhā
of مَقْرَبَةٍmaqrabatin
near relationship ١٥
An orphan ذَاdhā
of مَقْرَبَةٍmaqrabatin
near relationship ١٥
An orphan of near relationship
أَوْaw
Or مِسْكِينًۭاmis'kīnan
a needy person ذَاdhā
in مَتْرَبَةٍۢmatrabatin
misery ١٦
Or مِسْكِينًۭاmis'kīnan
a needy person ذَاdhā
in مَتْرَبَةٍۢmatrabatin
misery ١٦
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّthumma
Then كَانَkāna
he is مِنَmina
of ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna
those who ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū
believe وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣaw
and enjoin (each other) بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabri
to patience وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣaw
and enjoin (each other) بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِbil-marḥamati
to compassion ١٧
Then كَانَkāna
he is مِنَmina
of ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna
those who ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū
believe وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣaw
and enjoin (each other) بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabri
to patience وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣaw
and enjoin (each other) بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِbil-marḥamati
to compassion ١٧
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika
Those أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu
(are the) companions ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِl-maymanati
(of) the right (hand) ١٨
Those أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu
(are the) companions ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِl-maymanati
(of) the right (hand) ١٨
Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna
But those who كَفَرُوا۟kafarū
disbelieve بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā
in Our Verses هُمْhum
they أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu
(are the) companions ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِl-mashamati
(of) the left (hand) ١٩
But those who كَفَرُوا۟kafarū
disbelieve بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā
in Our Verses هُمْhum
they أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu
(are the) companions ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِl-mashamati
(of) the left (hand) ١٩
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim
Over them نَارٌۭnārun
(will be the) Fire مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢmu'ṣadatun
closed in ٢٠
Over them نَارٌۭnārun
(will be the) Fire مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢmu'ṣadatun
closed in ٢٠
Over them will be fire closed in.
Text: quran.com (Uthmani). Translation: Saheeh International (EN) / Muhammad Hamidullah (FR). Audio: everyayah.com.
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I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
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