Surah Al-Balad
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
“Have We not made for him two eyes?”
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?