Surah Al-Balad for kids

Surah

90

Verses

20

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

The City

1. 1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   lā uq'simu bihādhā l-baladi

   I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

   Word by word

   • لَآlāNay
   • أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
   • بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāby this
   • ٱلْبَلَدِl-baladicity
2. 2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi

   And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

   Word by word

   • وَأَنتَwa-antaAnd you
   • حِلٌّۢḥillun(are) free (to dwell)
   • بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāin this
   • ٱلْبَلَدِl-baladicity
3. 3

   وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   wawālidin wamā walada

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

   Word by word

   • وَوَالِدٍۢwawālidinAnd the begetter
   • وَمَاwamāand what
   • وَلَدَwaladahe begot
4. 4

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   laqad khalaqnā l-insāna fī kabadin

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

   Word by word

   • لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
   • خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe have created
   • ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
   • فِىfī(to be) in
   • كَبَدٍkabadinhardship
5. 5

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

   ayaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥadun

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

   Word by word

   • أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabuDoes he think
   • أَنanthat
   • لَّنlannot
   • يَقْدِرَyaqdirahas power
   • عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
   • أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
6. 6

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

   yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan lubadan

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

   Word by word

   • يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
   • أَهْلَكْتُahlaktuI have squandered
   • مَالًۭاmālanwealth
   • لُّبَدًاlubadanabundant
7. 7

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   ayaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥadun

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

   Word by word

   • أَيَحْسَبُayaḥsabuDoes he think
   • أَنanthat
   • لَّمْlamnot
   • يَرَهُۥٓyarahusees him
   • أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone
8. 8

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   alam najʿal lahu ʿaynayni

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

   Word by word

   • أَلَمْalamHave not
   • نَجْعَلnajʿalWe made
   • لَّهُۥlahufor him
   • عَيْنَيْنِʿaynaynitwo eyes
9. 9

   وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   walisānan washafatayni

   And a tongue and two lips?

   Word by word

   • وَلِسَانًۭاwalisānanAnd a tongue
   • وَشَفَتَيْنِwashafatayniand two lips
10. 10

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    wahadaynāhu l-najdayni

    And have shown him the two ways?

    Word by word

    • وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُwahadaynāhuAnd shown him
    • ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِl-najdaynithe two ways
11. 11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    falā iq'taḥama l-ʿaqabata

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

    Word by word

    • فَلَاfalāBut not
    • ٱقْتَحَمَiq'taḥamahe has attempted
    • ٱلْعَقَبَةَl-ʿaqabatathe steep path
12. 12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

    wamā adrāka mā l-ʿaqabatu

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

    Word by word

    • وَمَآwamāAnd what
    • أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
    • مَاmāwhat
    • ٱلْعَقَبَةُl-ʿaqabatuthe steep path (is)
13. 13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    fakku raqabatin

    It is the freeing of a slave

    Word by word

    • فَكُّfakku(It is) freeing
    • رَقَبَةٍraqabatina neck
14. 14

    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

    aw iṭ'ʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabatin

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

    Word by word

    • أَوْawOr
    • إِطْعَـٰمٌۭiṭ'ʿāmunfeeding
    • فِىfīin
    • يَوْمٍۢyawmina day
    • ذِىdhīof
    • مَسْغَبَةٍۢmasghabatinsevere hunger
15. 15

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    yatīman dhā maqrabatin

    An orphan of near relationship

    Word by word

    • يَتِيمًۭاyatīmanAn orphan
    • ذَاdhāof
    • مَقْرَبَةٍmaqrabatinnear relationship
16. 16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

    aw mis'kīnan dhā matrabatin

    Or a needy person in misery

    Word by word

    • أَوْawOr
    • مِسْكِينًۭاmis'kīnana needy person
    • ذَاdhāin
    • مَتْرَبَةٍۢmatrabatinmisery
17. 17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

    thumma kāna mina alladhīna āmanū watawāṣaw bil-ṣabri watawāṣaw bil-marḥamati

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

    Word by word

    • ثُمَّthummaThen
    • كَانَkānahe is
    • مِنَminaof
    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
    • ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
    • وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣawand enjoin (each other)
    • بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabrito patience
    • وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣawand enjoin (each other)
    • بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِbil-marḥamatito compassion
18. 18

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    ulāika aṣḥābu l-maymanati

    Those are the companions of the right.

    Word by word

    • أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
    • أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
    • ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِl-maymanati(of) the right (hand)
19. 19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    wa-alladhīna kafarū biāyātinā hum aṣḥābu l-mashamati

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

    Word by word

    • وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
    • كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
    • بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Verses
    • هُمْhumthey
    • أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
    • ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِl-mashamati(of) the left (hand)
20. 20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    ʿalayhim nārun mu'ṣadatun

    Over them will be fire closed in.

    Word by word

    • عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimOver them
    • نَارٌۭnārun(will be the) Fire
    • مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢmu'ṣadatunclosed in

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.