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Surah Al-Balad, Verse 2

سورة البلد، الآية ٢

90:2 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 594 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 90:2

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ۝٢

Transliteration

wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi

Translation

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

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Verse 2 of Surah Al-Balad (90:2), 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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Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger! It is permissible for you to do whatever you wish on the Day of the Conquest of Makkah, from capital punishment to those whom are deserving of it, to taking captive whomsoever deserves it.

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Other translations of verse 2

and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city1 –

Notes

[1] To punish the enemies of Islam on the Conquest Day.

And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islâm on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).1

Notes

[1] (V.90:2)
a) Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs رضي الله عنهما: On the day of the conquest of Makkah, Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Allâh has made this town a sanctuary. Its thorny bushes should not be cut, its game should not be chased, and its fallen things should not be picked up except by one who would announce them publicly." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.2, Hadith No. 657)
b) See the footnote of (V.2:191).

And thou art an indweller of this city -

And thou art a freeman of this City;-

And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--

And you (i.e., the Prophet) are an inhabitant of this country.

Verse 2 word by word

  1. وَأَنتَ wa-anta And you
  2. حِلٌّۢ ḥillun (are) free (to dwell) ح ل ل
  3. بِهَٰذَا bihādhā in this
  4. ٱلْبَلَدِ l-baladi city ب ل د

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