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A. J. Arberry

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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
A. J. Arberry (English) :
No! I swear by this land,
90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and thou art a lodger in this land;
90:3 وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
90:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
by the begetter, and that he begot,
90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
90:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
indeed, We created man in trouble.
90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
90:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
What, does he think none has power over him,
90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
90:6
A. J. Arberry (English) :
saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'?
90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
90:7
A. J. Arberry (English) :
What, does he think none has seen him?
90:8 أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
90:8
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Have We not appointed to him two eyes,
90:9 وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
90:9
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and a tongue, and two lips,
90:10 وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
90:10
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and guided him on the two highways?
90:11 فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Yet he has not assaulted the steep;
90:12 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
90:12
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and what shall teach thee what is the steep?
90:13 فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13
A. J. Arberry (English) :
The freeing of a slave,
90:14 أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
90:14
A. J. Arberry (English) :
or giving food upon a day of hunger
90:15 يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
90:15
A. J. Arberry (English) :
to an orphan near of kin
90:16 أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
90:16
A. J. Arberry (English) :
or a needy man in misery;
90:17 ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17
A. J. Arberry (English) :
then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful.
90:18 أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
90:18
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Those are the Companions of the Right Hand.
90:19 وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19
A. J. Arberry (English) :
And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand;
90:20 عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20
A. J. Arberry (English) :
over them is a Fire covered down.