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Mohammad Habib Shakir

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90 Al-Balad ٱلْبَلَد

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

90:1 لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:1
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Nay! I swear by this city.

90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:2
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--

90:3 وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
90:3
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And the begetter and whom he begot.

90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
90:4
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
90:5
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Does he think that no one has power over him?

90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
90:6
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
90:7
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Does he think that no one sees him?

90:8 أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
90:8
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Have We not given him two eyes,

90:9 وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
90:9
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And a tongue and two lips,

90:10 وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
90:10
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

90:11 فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
But he would not attempt the uphill road,

90:12 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
90:12
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?

90:13 فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
(It is) the setting free of a slave,

90:14 أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
90:14
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

90:15 يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
90:15
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
To an orphan, having relationship,

90:16 أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
90:16
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

90:17 ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.

90:18 أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
90:18
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
These are the people of the right hand.

90:19 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.

90:20 عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20
Mohammad Habib Shakir (English) :
On them is fire closed over.