Tafsir Al-Balad (90) — البلد

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

Allah takes an oath on the sacred city i.e. Makkah Al-Mukarramah

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

O Messenger! It is permissible for you to do whatever you wish on the Day of the Conquest of Makkah, from capital punishment to those whom are deserving of it, to taking captive whomsoever deserves it. ووالد وما ولد

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

And Allah takes an oath on the father of humanity, also taking an oath on the offspring reproduced from him

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Verily, I have created the human in tiredness and difficulty, because of the severities he experiences in the world. أ يحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿٥﴾

Does the human think that when he sins, no one is in a position to be able to do anything to him, nor take retribution from him, even if it is his Lord who created him? يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

He says: “I spent a lot of wealth, heaped up.” بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir أ يحسب أن لم يره أحد

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Does this person boastful over the wealth he has spent think that Allah does not see him? And that He will not take him to account over his wealth: how he earned it and where he spent it? ألم نجعل له عينين

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

Did I not create eyes for him with which he can see? ولسانا وشفتين

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

And a tongue and lips with which he can speak?

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

And I made the paths of goodness and evils known to him

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

He will be required to cross the valley that separates him from Paradise, which he will cross

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

O Messenger! Do you know what the valley is that he has to cross, in order to enter Paradise? فك رقبة

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

It is to free a male or female slave. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir أو إطعم فى يوم ذى مسغبة

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٤﴾

Or to feed on a day of drought, in which food is scarce. يتيما ذا مقربة

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

A child who has lost his father, whom he is related to. أو مسكينا ذا متربة

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾

Or a poor person who has no possessions

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Then he is required to be from those who have faith in Allah and advise each other to remain steadfast on act of obedience and refraining from sins, and bearing patience over difficulties, together with advising one another to show mercy to the servants of Allah

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Those are the people of the right

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

As for those who disbelieve in My verses that were revealed to My Messenger, they are the people of the left. عليهم نار م ؤصدة

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

A closed fire will be set upon them on the Day of Judgement, with which they will be punished