Surah 90
Surah Al-Balad: The Territory
Revealed at Makkah
With the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Rewarding
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NO! I call to witness this Territory!—
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and you have lawful rights in this Territory,
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and the begetter, and whom he has begotten.
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We have certainly created man into hardship.
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Does he think that no one has power over him?
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He says: “I have spent heaps of wealth.”
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Does he think that no one sees him?
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Have We not made for him two eyes,
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and a tongue and two lips,
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and pointed out to him the two highways?
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But he does not rush ahead to the uphill road;
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and what will make you know what the uphill road is?
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The freeing of a captive,
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or the feeding in the days of famine—
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an orphan of near relation,
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or a poor lying in dust.
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Then he is of those who believe, and enjoin one another to perseverance and enjoin one another to mercy.
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These are the companions of the Right-hand.
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But as to those who disbelieve in Our Messages, they are the fellows of the Left-hand.
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On them will be a Fire vaulted over.