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Ahmed Ali

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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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I CALL THIS earth to witness --
90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And you are free to live upon it, --
90:3 وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
90:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the parent and the offspring,
90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
90:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
That We created man in toil and trouble.
90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
90:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Does he think that no one has power over him?
90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
90:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth."
90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
90:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Does he think that no one sees him?
90:8 أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
90:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Did We not give him two eyes,
90:9 وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
90:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
One tongue, and two lips,
90:10 وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
90:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And showed him two highways (of good and evil)?
90:11 فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But he could not scale the steep ascent.
90:12 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
90:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is? --
90:13 فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery),
90:14 أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
90:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Or to feed in times of famine
90:15 يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
90:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The orphan near in relationship,
90:16 أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
90:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Or the poor in distress;
90:17 ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind.
90:18 أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
90:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed).
90:19 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand:
90:20 عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The Fire will vault them over.