Meccan · 20 verses البلد

Al-Balad 90

The City · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it begins with oaths by 'this city', where the one addressed is living, and by a father and what he begot, then states that man was created into toil. It challenges the person who boasts of having squandered heaps of wealth and imagines that no one has power over him or sees him: has he not been given two eyes, a tongue and two lips, and been shown the two ways? Yet he has not attempted the steep path. The sura explains what that path is: freeing a slave, feeding on a day of hunger an orphan who is a relative or a needy person lying in the dust, and joining those who believe and urge one another to patience and compassion. Such people are the companions of the right, while those who reject God's signs are the companions of the left, with a Fire closed in over them.

• A life of toil
• The two ways
• The steep path
• Freeing slaves, feeding the hungry
• Companions of right and left

The name It is named after 'this city' (al-Balad) in the oath of verse 1.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   لَا라 أُقْسِمُ욱시무 بِهَٰذَا비하^ð달 الْبَلَدِ발라드

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2. 2

   وَأَنْتَ와안타 حِلٌّ힐룸 بِهَٰذَا비하^ð달 الْبَلَدِ발라드

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3. 3

   وَوَالِدٍ와왈리딘 وَمَا와마 وَلَدَ왈라드

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4. 4

   لَقَدْ라까드 خَلَقْنَا칼라끄날 الْإِنْسَانَ인사나 فِي^f피 كَبَدٍ카바드

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5. 5

   أَيَحْسَبُ아야흐사부 أَنْ알 لَنْ란 يَقْدِرَ약디^r라 عَلَيْهِ알라이히 أَحَدٌ아하드

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6. 6

   يَقُولُ야꿀루 أَهْلَكْتُ아흘락투 مَالًا말랄 لُبَدًا루바다

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7. 7

   أَيَحْسَبُ아야흐사부 أَنْ알 لَمْ람 يَرَهُ야^r라후 أَحَدٌ아하드

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8. 8

   أَلَمْ알람 نَجْعَلْ나즈알 لَهُ라후 عَيْنَيْنِ아이나인

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9. 9

   وَلِسَانًا왈리사난 وَشَفَتَيْنِ와샤^f파타인

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10. 10

    وَهَدَيْنَاهُ와하다이나훈 النَّجْدَيْنِ나즈다인

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11. 11

    فَلَا^f팔라 اقْتَحَمَ끄타하말 الْعَقَبَةَ아까바흐

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12. 12

    وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드^r라카 مَا말 الْعَقَبَةُ아까바흐

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13. 13

    فَكُّ^f팍쿠 رَقَبَةٍ^r라까바흐

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14. 14

    أَوْ아우 إِطْعَامٌ이뜨아문 فِي^f피 يَوْمٍ야우민 ذِي^ð디 مَسْغَبَةٍ마스가바흐

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15. 15

    يَتِيمًا야티만 ذَا^ð다 مَقْرَبَةٍ마끄^r라바흐

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16. 16

    أَوْ아우 مِسْكِينًا미스키난 ذَا^ð다 مَتْرَبَةٍ마트^r라바흐

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17. 17

    ثُمَّ^θ숨마 كَانَ카나 مِنَ미날 الَّذِينَ라^ð디나 آمَنُوا아마누 وَتَوَاصَوْا와타와사우 بِالصَّبْرِ빗사브^r리 وَتَوَاصَوْا와타와사우 بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ빌마^r르하마흐

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18. 18

    أُولَٰئِكَ울라이카 أَصْحَابُ아스하불 الْمَيْمَنَةِ마이마나흐

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19. 19

    وَالَّذِينَ왈라^ð디나 كَفَرُوا카^f파^r루 بِآيَاتِنَا비아야티나 هُمْ훔 أَصْحَابُ아스하불 الْمَشْأَمَةِ마시아마흐

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20. 20

    عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 نَارٌ나^r룸 مُؤْصَدَةٌ무으사다흐

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