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Surah Al-Balad
البلد
Meaning of the name The City
- Surah
- 90 / 114
- Revealed in
- Makkah
- Verses
- 20
- Order of revelation
- 35
- Mushaf pages
- 594–595
- Juz
- 30
Meaning of the name · Order of revelation: Tanzil.net (CC BY 3.0)
Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy (MP3Quran.net)
Surah Al-Balad (البلد) is surah 90 of the Quran's 114. It is a Meccan surah of 20 verses. Listen to Surah Al-Balad in the FirdawsWay app — 27 reciters, verse-by-verse audio, 4 riwayat to read (Hafs, Warsh, Qaloon, Al-Duri) and tajweed coloring.
Open in FirdawsWayبِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
Uthmani script, Hafs riwaya — the text the FirdawsWay app shows.
