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bismillah

لَآ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ  ( البلد: ١ )

لَآ
Nay!
uq'simu
أُقْسِمُ
I swear
bihādhā
بِهَٰذَا
by this
l-baladi
ٱلْبَلَدِ
city

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

Tafsir

وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ  ( البلد: ٢ )

wa-anta
وَأَنتَ
And you
ḥillun
حِلٌّۢ
(are) free (to dwell)
bihādhā
بِهَٰذَا
in this
l-baladi
ٱلْبَلَدِ
city

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

Tafsir

وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَۙ  ( البلد: ٣ )

wawālidin
وَوَالِدٍ
And the begetter
wamā
وَمَا
and what
walada
وَلَدَ
he begot

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

Tafsir

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ فِيْ كَبَدٍۗ  ( البلد: ٤ )

laqad
لَقَدْ
Certainly
khalaqnā
خَلَقْنَا
We have created
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
فِى
(to be) in
kabadin
كَبَدٍ
hardship

We have certainly created man into hardship.

Tafsir

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌ ۘ  ( البلد: ٥ )

ayaḥsabu
أَيَحْسَبُ
Does he think
an
أَن
that
lan
لَّن
not
yaqdira
يَقْدِرَ
has power
ʿalayhi
عَلَيْهِ
over him
aḥadun
أَحَدٌ
anyone?

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Tafsir

يَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاۗ  ( البلد: ٦ )

yaqūlu
يَقُولُ
He will say
ahlaktu
أَهْلَكْتُ
"I have squandered
mālan
مَالًا
wealth
lubadan
لُّبَدًا
abundant"

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

Tafsir

اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّمْ يَرَهٗٓ اَحَدٌۗ  ( البلد: ٧ )

ayaḥsabu
أَيَحْسَبُ
Does he think
an
أَن
that
lam
لَّمْ
not
yarahu
يَرَهُۥٓ
sees him
aḥadun
أَحَدٌ
anyone?

Does he think that no one has seen him?

Tafsir

اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَيْنَيْنِۙ  ( البلد: ٨ )

alam
أَلَمْ
Have not
najʿal
نَجْعَل
We made
lahu
لَّهُۥ
for him
ʿaynayni
عَيْنَيْنِ
two eyes?

Have We not made for him two eyes?

Tafsir

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيْنِۙ  ( البلد: ٩ )

walisānan
وَلِسَانًا
And a tongue
washafatayni
وَشَفَتَيْنِ
and two lips?

And a tongue and two lips?

Tafsir

وَهَدَيْنٰهُ النَّجْدَيْنِۙ  ( البلد: ١٠ )

wahadaynāhu
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ
And shown him
l-najdayni
ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
the two ways?

And have shown him the two ways?

Tafsir
Quran Info (About) :
Al-Balad
القرآن الكريم:البلد
Ayah Sajadat (سجدة):-
Surah Name (latin):Al-Balad
Chapter:90
Surah Alias:-
Surah Title:The City
Number of verses:20
Total Words:82
Total Characters:320
Number of Rukūʿs:1
Classification
(Revelation Location):
Meccan
Revelation Order:35
Starting from verse:6023