Quran Ayah al-Balad (The City, This Countryside) 90:2 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
this land in which thou art free to dwell
Arthur John Arberry   
and thou art a lodger in this land
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And thou art a freeman of this City;

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Arabic   
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Arabic   
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
www.quran.live   
wa-anta ḥillun bihādhā l-baladi
www.quran.live   
and you ˹O Prophet˺ are free ˹of restriction˺ in this city ˹of Makkah˺
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
And you (are) free (to dwell) in this city.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
this land in which thou art free to dwell
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And thou art a freeman of this City;
M. M. Pickthall   
And thou art an indweller of this city
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
even though you ˹O Prophet˺ are subject to abuse in this city—
Safi Kaskas   
and you [Prophet] are free to dwell in this town,
Wahiduddin Khan   
and you are dwelling in this cit
T.B.Irving   
you are a native settled on this land
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
thou art allowed in this land
Shakir   
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-
Abdul Hye   
you (O Muhammad) are free (from sin to punish the enemies of Islam) in this city (Makkah),
Saeed Malik   
While you are entirely rightful in this territory.
The Study Quran   
while thou art free in this land
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
And you are free of restriction in this city.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And you are a resident of this land
Dr. Kamal Omar   
— and you are a freeman and a citizen of this city
Shabbir Ahmed   
The Town where (O Prophet) you have lived
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
__and (O Prophet,) you are going to be allowed (to fight) in this city
Muhammad Sarwar   
in which you are now living
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And you (i.e., the Prophet) are an inhabitant of this country
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
That you (O Prophet!) are a free-man of this City
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(Because) you (oh Muhammad, SAW), are allowed in this town
M. Farook Malik   
where to assassinate) you (O Muhammad) have been made lawful in this city
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
And you are a dweller in this land.
Hamid S. Aziz   
And you (Muhammad) are a dweller of this City
Ali Quli Qara'i   
as you reside in this town
Ali Ünal   
– And you (O Messenger) are a dweller in this city. –
Aisha Bewley   
and you are resident in this city —
Ahmed Ali   
And you are free to live upon it, -
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And thou shalt be allowed in yonder city
Abdel Haleem   
and you [Prophet] are an inhabitant of this city––
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And you are free in this city
Musharraf Hussain   
where you, live freely?
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
while you are a resident of this land
Maududi   
– this city wherein you have been rendered violable
Mohammad Shafi   
— And you are a free citizen of this City —

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And O beloved! you are dwelling in this city;
Rashad Khalifa   
The town where you live
Sher Ali   
And affirm that thou wilt, surely, alight in this City
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And thou wilt be made free from obligation in this City -
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
and you are a lodger in this country
Faridul Haque   
For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And you are placed in/occupying (residing) at this , the country/land
Bijan Moeinian   
That you (Mohammad) are not responsible for what the citizens of Mecca are doing
Edip Yuksel   
While you are a legal resident at this land.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(O My Esteemed Beloved,) because you are residing in it.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
When you will surely alight (as a conqueror) in this city
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
(and you¹ are a resident of this city)
George Sale   
-- and thou, O prophet, residest in this territory, -
John Medows Rodwell   
This soil on which thou dost dwell
Arthur John Arberry   
and thou art a lodger in this land
Edward Henry Palmer   
and though a dweller in this land

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
and (Wa) you (s) (An'ta), will be free (Hillu) in (Bi) this (Haaza) land (El'Balad),
Fode Drame   
And by the fact that you dwell in this city.
Munir Mezyed   
You are free in this town.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And you are entitled to this city.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
You [Prophet Muhammed] are free from restriction in this city…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and yousg are free of restriction this city.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
you are a native settled on this land
Samy Mahdy   
And you a dweller (Has free law authority) in this town.
Ali Quli Qarai   
as you reside in this town;
Sayyid Qutb   
this city in which you are a dweller,
Thomas Cleary   
-and you are a free dweller in this city­
Ahmed Hulusi   
That you are free of restriction herein!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
And you are free in this city.
A. S. Mohamed   
and you are a resident in this town,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
and you (Mu?ammad) are a free man of this city
Mir Aneesuddin   
and you are a dweller of this city,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
In which you are being an inhabitant, the town which in due time shall open to you its gates and deliver to you O Muhammad its key to accomplish what you will, respected, vindicated and venerated
The Wise Quran Project   
And you are free in this land.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And thou art a freeman of this City;
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And you are a dweller in this land.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And you remain committed to this land
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And you (are) free (to dwell) in this city
OLD Transliteration   
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi