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Al-Balad البلد, "The City" is the 90th Surah or chapter of the Qur'an. It is composed of 20 verses
Summary
- 1-7 Man, though created in misery, yet boasts of his riches
- 8-16 Captives to be freed and the poor and orphan to be fed
- 17-20 Description of the companions of the right and left hand
The subject matter and style of Qur'anic chapter al balad resemble those of the earliest Surahs revealed at Mecca,[2] but it contains a pointer which indicates that it was sent down in the period when the disbelievers of Makkah had resolved to oppose Muhammad, and made it lawful for themselves to commit tyranny and excess against him
In this Surah a vast subject has been compressed into a few brief sentences, and it is a miracle of the Quran that a complete ideology of life which could hardly be explained in a thick volume has been abridged most effectively in brief sentences of this short Surah. Its theme is to explain the true position of man in the world and of the world in relation to man and to tell that God has shown to man both the highways of good and evil, has also provided for him the means to judge and see and follow them, and now it rests upon mans own effort and judgment whether he chooses the path of virtue and reaches felicity or adopts the path of vice and meets with doom
First, the city of Makkah and the hardships being faced therein by the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) and the state of the children of Adam have been cited as a witness to the truth that this world is not a place of rest and ease for man, where he might have been born to enjoy life, but here he has been created into toil and struggle. If this theme is read with verse 39 of Surah An-Najm (Laisa lil insani illa ma saa : there is nothing for man but what he has striven for), it becomes plain that in this world the future of man depends on his toil and struggle, effort and striving
After this, man's misunderstanding that he is all in all in this world and that there is no superior power to watch what he does and to call him to account, has been refuted
Then, taking one of the many moral concepts of ignorance held by man, as an example, it has been pointed out what wrong criteria of merit and greatness he has proposed for himself in the world
The person who for ostentation and display squanders heaps of wealth, not only himself prides upon his extravagances but the people also admire him for it enthusiastically, whereas the Being Who is watching over his deeds, sees by what methods he obtained the wealth and in what ways and with what motives and intention he spent it
Then Allah says: We have given man the means of knowledge and the faculties of thinking and understanding and opened up before him both the highways of virtue and vice: one way leads down to moral depravity, and it is an easy way pleasing for the self; the other way leads up to moral heights, which is steep like an uphill road, for scaling which man has to exercise self- restraint
It is man's weakness that he prefers slipping down into the abyss to scaling the cliff
Then, Allah has explained what the steep road is by following which man can ascend to the heights
It is that he should give up spending for ostentation, display and pride and should spend his wealth to help the orphans and the needy, should believe in Allah and His Religion and joining the company of believers should participate in the construction of a society which should fulfill the demands of virtue and righteousness patiently and should be compassionate to the people
The end of those who follow this way is that they would become worthy of Allah's mercies
On the contrary, the end of those who follow the wrong way, is the fire of Hell from which there is no escape
Tidigare avsnitt
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90 - Al-Balad البلد "The City" Fri, 19 Apr 2024
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89 - Al-Fajr الفجر "The Dawn", "Daybreak" Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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88 - Al-Ghāshiyah الغاشية "The Overwhelming", "The Pall" Tue, 09 Apr 2024
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87 - Al-Aʻlā الأعلى, lit. 'The Most High, Glory To Your Lord In The Highest' Fri, 05 Apr 2024
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86 - Aṭ-Ṭāriq الطارق "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer" Fri, 29 Mar 2024
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85 - Al-Burooj البروج "The Great Star" Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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84 - Al-Inshiqāq الانشقاق "The Sundering", "Splitting Open" Sun, 10 Mar 2024
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83 - Al-Muṭaffifīn Al-Tatlif المطففين "The Defrauders" Fri, 01 Mar 2024
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82 - Al-Infitar الانفطار The Cleaving in Sunder  Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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81 - At-Takwir التكوير, literally "The Turning Into a Sphere"  Fri, 16 Feb 2024
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80 - Abasa عبس "He Frowned" Fri, 09 Feb 2024
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79 - An-Nāziʻāt النازعات "Those Who Pull Out" Fri, 26 Jan 2024
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78 - An-Naba' النبأ The News Fri, 19 Jan 2024
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77 - Al-Mursalāt المرسلات "The Emissaries", "Winds Sent Forth" Thu, 11 Jan 2024
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76 - Al-Insan الإنسان "Human" Fri, 05 Jan 2024
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75 - Al-Qiyama القيامة "The Resurrection" Fri, 29 Dec 2023
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74 - Al-Muddaththir ٱلْمُدَّثِّر "The Covered" "the Cloaked One" "The One Enveloped" Fri, 22 Dec 2023
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73 - Al-Muzzammil المزمل, “The Enshrouded One”, “Bundled Up”, “Enfolded” Fri, 15 Dec 2023
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72 - Al-Jinn الجن, “The Jinn” Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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71 - Nuh نوح “Noah” Fri, 17 Nov 2023
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70 - Al-Maʻārij المعارج, “The Ascending Stairways Fri, 10 Nov 2023
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69 - Al-Haqqah الحاقة “The Reality” “The Inevitable Truth” Fri, 03 Nov 2023
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68 - Al-Qalam القلم "The Pen" Fri, 27 Oct 2023
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67 - Al-Mulk الملك "Sovereignty, Kingdom" Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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66 - At-Taḥrīm التحريم "Banning, Prohibition" Fri, 13 Oct 2023
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65 - At-Talaq الطلاق "Divorce" Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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64 - At-Taghābun التغابن "Loss, Deprivation" Fri, 22 Sep 2023
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63 - Al-Munafiqun المنافقون "The Hypocrites" Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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62 - Al-Jumuʿah الجمعة "Friday" Fri, 08 Sep 2023
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61 - As-Saff الصف Battle Array "The Ranks" Fri, 25 Aug 2023
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60 - Al-Mumtaḥanah الممتحنة "the Surah which examines" Fri, 28 Jul 2023
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59 - Al-Hashr الحشر "The Exile" Fri, 14 Jul 2023
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58 - Al-Mujādilah المجادلة "She Who Disputes, The Pleading Woman" Wed, 28 Jun 2023
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57 - Al-Ḥadīd الحديد Fri, 09 Jun 2023
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56 - Al-Waqi'a الواقعة Fri, 26 May 2023
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55 - Ar-Rahman الرحمان Sun, 14 May 2023
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54 - Al-Qamar القمر Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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53 - An-Najm النجم Fri, 14 Apr 2023
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52 - At-Tur الطور Fri, 07 Apr 2023
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51 - Adh-Dhariyat الذاريات  Sat, 01 Apr 2023
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50 - Qaf ق Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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49 - Al-Hujurat الحُجُرات Sun, 19 Mar 2023
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48 - Al-Fath الفتح Fri, 03 Mar 2023
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47 - Muhammad محمد Fri, 24 Feb 2023
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46 - Al-Ahqaf الأحقاف Fri, 27 Jan 2023
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45 - Al-Jathiyah الجاثية Fri, 30 Dec 2022
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44 - Ad-Dukhan الدخان Sat, 10 Dec 2022
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43 - Az-Zukhruf الزخرف Sun, 20 Nov 2022
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42 - Ash-Shura الشورى Thu, 11 Aug 2022
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41 - Fussilat فصلت  Thu, 21 Jul 2022