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Surah Al-Balad, Verse 1

سورة البلد، الآية ١

90:1 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 594 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 90:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝١

Transliteration

lā uq'simu bihādhā l-baladi

Translation

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

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Verse 1 of Surah Al-Balad (90:1), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 594 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

Al-Mukhtasar

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

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Other translations of verse 1

I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –

I swear by this city (Makkah);

Nay, I swear by this city -

I do call to witness this City;-

Nay! I swear by this city.

No! I swear by this country, - (Or: city)

Verse 1 word by word

لَآ lā Nay
أُقْسِمُ uq'simu I swear ق س م
بِهَٰذَا bihādhā by this
ٱلْبَلَدِ l-baladi city ب ل د

Verses related to verse 1

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

At-Tin 95:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

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