Sura 90:
The Town (Al-Balad)
Number of verses: 20
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. I solemnly swear by
this town.
2. The town where you
live.
3. The begetting and
the begotten.
4. We created the human
being to work hard (to redeem himself).
5. Does he think that
no one will ever call him to account?
6. He boasts, "I
spent so much money!"
7. Does he think that no
one sees him?
8. Did we not give him
two eyes?
9. A tongue and two lips?
10. Did we not show
him the two paths?
11. He should choose the
difficult path.
12. Which one is the
difficult path?
13. The freeing of
slaves.
14. Feeding, during the
time of hardship.
15. Orphans who are
related.
16. Or the poor who is in
need.
17. And being one of those who believe, and exhorting one another to be steadfast, and exhorting one another to be kind.
18. These have deserved happiness.
19. As
for those who disbelieved in our revelations, they have incurred
misery.
20. They will be confined
in the Hellfire.
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*90:4 See the Introduction and
Appendix 7 for the purpose behind our creation.
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