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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nay, I swear by this city -

90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:2
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And thou art an indweller of this city -

90:3 وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
90:3
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And the begetter and that which he begat,

90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
90:4
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
90:5
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
90:6
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
90:7
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

90:8 أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
90:8
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Did We not assign unto him two eyes

90:9 وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
90:9
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And a tongue and two lips,

90:10 وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
90:10
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

90:11 فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

90:12 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
90:12
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

90:13 فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
(It is) to free a slave,

90:14 أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
90:14
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And to feed in the day of hunger.

90:15 يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
90:15
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
An orphan near of kin,

90:16 أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
90:16
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Or some poor wretch in misery,

90:17 ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

90:18 أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
90:18
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Their place will be on the right hand.

90:19 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

90:20 عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Fire will be an awning over them.