Surah 90: Al-Balad
The Holy Qur’an
Holy Qur’an 90:1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:2
Nay, but I do swear by this city—
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:3
And thou art dwelling in this city—
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Holy Qur’an 90:4
And swear by the begetter and whom he begot,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:5
We have surely created man to face hardships.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:6
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:7
He says, ‘I have spent enormous wealth.’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:8
Does he think that no one sees him?
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Holy Qur’an 90:9
Have We not given him two eyes,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:10
And a tongue and two lips?
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:11
And We have pointed out to him the two highways of good and evil.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:12
But he attempted not the ascent courageously,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:13
And what should make thee know what the ascent is?
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:14
It is the freeing of a slave.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:15
Or feeding in a day of hunger
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Holy Qur’an 90:16
An orphan near of kin,
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Holy Qur’an 90:17
Or a poor man lying in the dust.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:18
Again, he should have been of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to mercy.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:19
These are the people of the right hand.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 90:20
But those who disbelieve Our Signs, they are the people of the left hand.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)