Quran Chapters

Chapter 90 : Al-Balad – 20 Verses

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

90:1

I swear by this city, Makkah –

90:2

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

90:3

And I swear by your father (Adam) and the children he begot (mankind),
Meaning:-
Begot (past of beget): To produce (children) by sexual reproduction..

90:4

We have certainly created man into hardship.

90:5

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

90:6

He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

90:7

Does he think that no one has seen him?

90:8

Have We not given him two eyes to observe?

90:9

One tongue and two lips to control it?

90:10

Then shown him the two high ways (good leading towards paradise and evil leading towards hell)?

90:11

But he would not attempt the uphill road,

90:12

And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Meaning:-
Comprehend: to understand something completely:

90:13

It is the freeing of a slave

90:14

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

90:15

to an orphan relative,

90:16

or to a needy in distress;
Meaning:-
Distress:extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

90:17

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

90:18

Such are the people of the right hand (going towards paradise).

90:19

But those who disbelieve Our verses, they are the people of the left hand (going towards hell),

90:20

having fire all around them.