Chapter 90: Surah Al Balad (The City) - Sheikh Muhammad Sidiq Al Minshawi

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
90:1 Nay! I swear by this city.
90:2 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--
90:3 And the begetter and whom he begot.
90:4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
90:5 Does he think that no one has power over him?
90:6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
90:7 Does he think that no one sees him?
90:8 Have We not given him two eyes,
90:9 And a tongue and two lips,
90:10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
90:11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,
90:12 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
90:13 (It is) the setting free of a slave,
90:14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
90:15 To an orphan, having relationship,
90:16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
90:17 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
90:18 These are the people of the right hand.
90:19 And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
90:20 On them is fire closed over.