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Surah 90 al-Balad (The City)

Ref	Arabic	Transliteration	Translation
(90:1)	لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ	lā uqsimu bi‑hādhā l‑baladi	I do call to witness this City;- Sura al-Balad 90:1 لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ lā uqsimu bi-hādhā l-baladi I do call to witness this City;-
(90:2)	وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ	wa‑anta ḥillun bi‑hādhā l‑baladi	And thou art a freeman of this City;- Sura al-Balad 90:2 وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ wa-anta ḥillun bi-hādhā l-baladi And thou art a freeman of this City;-
(90:3)	وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ	wa‑wālidin wa‑mā walada	And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- Sura al-Balad 90:3 وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ wa-wālidin wa-mā walada And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
(90:4)	لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ	la‑qad khalaqnā l‑insāna fī kabadin	Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. Sura al-Balad 90:4 لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ la-qad khalaqnā l-insāna fī kabadin Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
(90:5)	أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ	a‑yaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥadun	Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? Sura al-Balad 90:5 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ a-yaḥsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥadun Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
(90:6)	يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا	yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan llubadan	He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! Sura al-Balad 90:6 يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا yaqūlu ahlaktu mālan llubadan He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
(90:7)	أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ	a‑yaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥadun	Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? Sura al-Balad 90:7 أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ a-yaḥsabu an lam yarahu aḥadun Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?