The City

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   90:1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ١

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

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   90:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٢

   And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

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   90:3

   وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

   And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

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   90:4

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ٤

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

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   90:5

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ٥

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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   90:6

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالاً لُّبَدًا ٦

   He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

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   90:7

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

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   90:8

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ٨

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

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   90:9

   وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ٩

   And a tongue and two lips?

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    90:10

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ١٠

    And have shown him the two ways?

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    90:11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ١١

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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    90:12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

    وَمَآ أَدْرَٮٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ١٢

    And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

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    90:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

    It is the freeing of a slave

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    90:14

    أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ١٤

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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    90:15

    يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ١٥

    An orphan of near relationship

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    90:16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ١٦

    Or a needy person in misery

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    90:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْاْ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ١٧

    And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

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    90:18

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ١٨

    Those are the companions of the right.

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    90:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔـايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْــَٔمَةِ ١٩

    But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

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    90:20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

    Over them will be fire closed in.

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