The Quran

سورة البَلَد

Surah Al-Balad 90:8

The City · Verse 8 of 20

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Have We not given him two eyes (to distinguish right from wrong);

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

Ahmed Ali

Did We not give him two eyes,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes,

Daryabadi

Have We not, made for him two eyes

Faridul Haque

Did We not make two eyes for him?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Have We not given him two eyes,

Maulvi Sher Ali

Have WE not given him two eyes,

Muhammad Asad

Have We not given him two eyes,

Muhammad Musin Khan

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?

Muhammad Pickthall

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Muhammad Sarwar

Have We not given him two eyes,.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Have We not given him two eyes,

Rashad Khalifa

Did we not give him two eyes?

Shabbir Ahmed

Did We not give him two eyes?

Commentary 90:8-10 “We have pointed out to him the two conspicuous high ways وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ.These paths are the paths of evil (- fujr) and of righteousness…

On 90:8–10

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ﴿٨﴾ وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

90:8-10 “We have pointed out to him the two conspicuous high ways وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ.These paths are the paths of evil (- fujr) and of righteousness (- taqwa; 91:8). Here they are called the two conspicuous ways in order to denote that they are easily discernible from a distance and can be clearly distinguished.Allâh has already given every human being the knowledge of what is virtue and of what is evil, and of what is fujr and of what is taqwa. He has imbedded this knowledge in his nature (فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا; 91:8). Now He expects that the human being will reflect over his own creation and his physical structure. He has endowed him with two eyes to enable him to visualize the way chosen for him by his Creator. Then he has bestowed the power of speech unto him so that he can ask for guidance if he loses the track. A person then is given the choice to decide by his own free will which of the two he chooses to follow. He is however warned that he will be answerable before Allâh for his decision, as he has no excuse left.