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Surah 90 · 20 verses · Meccan · Juz 30

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ۝١

I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ۝٢

and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –
Footnotes
[1] To punish the enemies of Islam on the Conquest Day.
3

وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ ۝٣

and by every parent[2] and his offspring,
Footnotes
[2] i.e., Adam.
4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ۝٤

We have created man in hardship.
5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ ۝٥

Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا ۝٦

He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٧

Does he think that no one sees him?
8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ۝٨

Have We not given him two eyes,
9

وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ۝٩

and a tongue and two lips,
10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ۝١٠

and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ۝١١

Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[3],
Footnotes
[3] He did not spend for the sake of Allah but to show off.
12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ۝١٢

and how do you know what the steep path is?
13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۝١٣

It is freeing a slave,
14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمࣱ فِي يَوۡمࣲ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةࣲ ۝١٤

or giving food on a day of hunger,
15

يَتِيمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ۝١٥

to an orphan relative,
16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ ۝١٦

or to a needy person in misery,
17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ۝١٧

then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ۝١٨

Such are the people of the Right[4].
Footnotes
[4] i.e., those who receive the records of their deeds in the right hand and proceed to Paradise.
19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ۝١٩

As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[5],
Footnotes
[5] i.e., those who receive the records of their deeds in the left hand and proceed to Hellfire.
20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ۝٢٠

who will be locked up in the Fire.