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The Opener · Meccan · 7 verses

90:1
لَآ
أُقْسِمُ
بِهَـٰذَا
ٱلْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:2
وَأَنتَ
حِلٌّۢ
بِهَـٰذَا
ٱلْبَلَدِ
and you [Prophet] are an inhabitant of this city––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:3
وَوَالِدٍۢ
وَمَا
وَلَدَ
[I swear] by parent and offspring,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:4
لَقَدْ
خَلَقْنَا
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
فِى
كَبَدٍ
that We have created man for toil and trial.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ
أَن
لَّن
يَقْدِرَ
عَلَيْهِ
أَحَدٌۭ
Does he think that no one will have power over him?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:6
يَقُولُ
أَهْلَكْتُ
مَالًۭا
لُّبَدًا
‘I have squandered great wealth,’ he says.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ
أَن
لَّمْ
يَرَهُۥٓ
أَحَدٌ
Does he think no one observes him?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:8
أَلَمْ
نَجْعَل
لَّهُۥ
عَيْنَيْنِ
Did We not give him eyes,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:9
وَلِسَانًۭا
وَشَفَتَيْنِ
a tongue, lips,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ
ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
and point out to him the two clear ways [of good and evil]?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:11
فَلَا
ٱقْتَحَمَ
ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Yet he has not attempted the steep path.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:12
وَمَآ
أَدْرَىٰكَ
مَا
ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
What will explain to you what the steep path is?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:13
فَكُّ
رَقَبَةٍ
It is to free a slave,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:14
أَوْ
إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ
فِى
يَوْمٍۢ
ذِى
مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
to feed at a time of hunger

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:15
يَتِيمًۭا
ذَا
مَقْرَبَةٍ
an orphaned relative

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:16
أَوْ
مِسْكِينًۭا
ذَا
مَتْرَبَةٍۢ
or a poor person in distress,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:17
ثُمَّ
كَانَ
مِنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُوا۟
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟
بِٱلصَّبْرِ
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟
بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
and to be one of those who believe and urge one another to steadfastness and compassion.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:18
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
أَصْحَـٰبُ
ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those who do this will be on the right-hand side,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا۟
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
هُمْ
أَصْحَـٰبُ
ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
but those who disbelieve in Our revelations will be on the left-hand side,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ
نَارٌۭ
مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
and the Fire will close in on them.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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