سورة البلد، الآية ١١
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ١١
falā iq'taḥama l-ʿaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1926
[1926] i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
Verse 11 of Surah Al-Balad (90:11), 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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He will be required to cross the valley that separates him from Paradise, which he will cross.
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path3,
[3] He did not spend for the sake of Allah but to show off.
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Yet he has not rushed along the uneven (Or: steep) track.
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا
But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةً طَيِّبَةً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
