90:1
Al-Balad (The City) 90:1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ NAY! I call to witness this land – (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Makkah (10)
90:2
Al-Balad (The City) 90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ this land in which thou art free to dwell - 
(asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Makkah (10) Muhammad: a beautiful pattern of conduct (287) Muhammad: a freeman of Makkah (1)
90:3
Al-Balad (The City) 90:3
and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Children (26) Parents (29)
90:4
Al-Balad (The City) 90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74) Man: toil and struggle (2)
90:5
Al-Balad (The City) 90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74)
90:6
Al-Balad (The City) 90:6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا He boasts, 'I have spent wealth abundant!' (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74) Property and wealth (44)
90:7
Al-Balad (The City) 90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ Does he, then, think that no one sees him? (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74)
90:8
Al-Balad (The City) 90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ Have We not given him two eyes, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74)
90:9
Al-Balad (The City) 90:9
and a tongue, and a pair of lips, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Man: a creature of haste (93) Man: creation of (74)
90:10
Al-Balad (The City) 90:10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Allah`s guidance (26) Way the right (12)
90:11
Al-Balad (The City) 90:11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road... (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Way the right (12)
90:12
Al-Balad (The City) 90:12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ And what could make thee conceive what it is, that steep uphill road? (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Way the right (12)
90:13
Al-Balad (The City) 90:13
[It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin], (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Slaves: and QiSas (6) Slaves: freeing of (5) Way the right (12) Commandments (65)
90:14
Al-Balad (The City) 90:14
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Feeding the poor (16) Way the right (12) Commandments (65)
90:15
Al-Balad (The City) 90:15
of an orphan near of kin, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Feeding the poor (16) Kin (16) Orphans (23) Way the right (12) Commandments (65)
90:16
Al-Balad (The City) 90:16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust – (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Feeding the poor (16) Way the right (12) Commandments (65)
90:17
Al-Balad (The City) 90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Believers: a single Brotherhood (181) Believers: description of (56) Mercy (33) Patience (59) Way the right (12) Adversity (58) Commandments (65)
90:18
Al-Balad (The City) 90:18
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ Such are they that have attained to righteousness; (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Right Hand Companions of (22) Way the right (12)
90:19
Al-Balad (The City) 90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages – they are such as have lost themselves in evil, (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Left Hand Companions of (19)
90:20
Al-Balad (The City) 90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ [with] fire closing in upon them. (asad) Audio ⟶
Topics discussed in this verse:
Hell (205) Left Hand Companions of (19) Hell (The Fire, The Blazing Flame): Hell (the fire, the blazing flame) (226)
