| Lā 'Uqsimu Bihadhā Al-Baladi | I swear by this city (Makkah); (Al-Balad 90:1) |
| Wa 'Anta Ĥillun Bihadhā Al-Baladi | And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islām on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah), (Al-Balad 90:2) |
| Wa Wālidin Wa Mā Walada | And by the begetter (i.e. Adam) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny); (Al-Balad 90:3) |
| Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Fī Kabadin | Verily, We have created man in toil. (Al-Balad 90:4) |
| 'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lan Yaqdira `Alayhi 'Aĥadun | Thinks he that none can overcome him? (Al-Balad 90:5) |
| Yaqūlu 'Ahlaktu Mālāan Lubadāan | He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" (Al-Balad 90:6) |
| 'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lam Yarahu 'Aĥadun | Thinks he that none sees him? (Al-Balad 90:7) |
| 'Alam Naj`al Lahu `Aynayni | Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? (Al-Balad 90:8) |
| Wa Lisānāan Wa Shafatayni | And a tongue and a pair of lips? (Al-Balad 90:9) |
| Wa Hadaynāhu An-Najdayni | And shown him the two ways (good and evil)? (Al-Balad 90:10) |
| Falā Aqtaĥama Al-`Aqabaha | But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep. (Al-Balad 90:11) |
| Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-`Aqabahu | And what will make you know the path that is steep? (Al-Balad 90:12) |
| Fakku Raqabahin | (It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.). (Al-Balad 90:13) |
| 'Aw 'Iţ`āmun Fī Yawmin Dhī Masghabahin | Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), (Al-Balad 90:14) |
| Yatīmāan Dhā Maqrabahin | To an orphan near of kin. (Al-Balad 90:15) |
| 'Aw Miskīnāan Dhā Matrabahin | Or to a Miskīn (poor) afflicted with misery. (Al-Balad 90:16) |
| Thumma Kāna Mina Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Tawāşaw Biş-Şabri Wa Tawāşaw Bil-Marĥamahi | Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. (Al-Balad 90:17) |
| 'Ūlā'ika 'Aşĥābu Al-Maymanahi | They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), (Al-Balad 90:18) |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyātinā Hum 'Aşĥābu Al-Mash'amahi | But those who disbelieved in Our Ayāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell). (Al-Balad 90:19) |
| `Alayhim Nārun Mu'uşadahun | The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. (Al-Balad 90:20) |