Surah Al-Balad

Chapter 90 · Verse 10 · Revealed in Makkah

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

“And have shown him the two ways?”

Translation: Saheeh International

Listen to recitationMishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

Swearing by the Sanctity of Makkah and Other Things that Man was created in Hardship

Here Allah has sworn by Makkah, the Mother of the Towns, addressing its resident (during the non-sacred months,) free in this city in order to draw his attention to the significance of its sanctity when its people are in the state of sanctity. Khusayf reported from Mujahid;

لاَ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـذَا الْبَلَدِ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾ وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾ وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾

(Did We not make for him two eyes, and a tongue and two lips, and showed him the two ways?...90:8-10)

What does this verse bring up for you today?