IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah al-Balad - The City, This Countryside as rendered by
Ali Ünal
90:1
I swear by this (sacred) city (Makkah)
90:2
– And you (O Messenger) are a dweller in this city. &ndash
90:3
And by him (Abraham) who begets, and him (Muhammad) whom he begot
90:4
We have assuredly created human in (a life of) trial and hardship
90:5
Does human think that no one has power over him
90:6
He says: "I have consumed abundant wealth!"
90:7
Does he, then, think that no one ever sees him
90:8
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes
90:9
And a tongue and two lips
90:10
And shown him the two ways (one to follow and one to avoid)
90:11
Yet he makes no effort to make the ascent
90:12
What enables you to perceive what the ascent is
90:13
It is the freeing of a bondsman (a slave or a captive)
90:14
Or feeding, on a day of privation
90:15
An orphan near of kin
90:16
Or a poor wretch in misery
90:17
And being, besides, of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to pity and compassion
90:18
Those are they who are the people of happiness and prosperity (who will be given their Records in their right hands on Judgment Day)
90:19
But those who disbelieve in Our Revelations – they are the people of wretchedness (who will be given their Records in their left hands)
90:20
On them is Fire closed over
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