The Quran

سورة البَلَد

Surah Al-Balad 90:9

The City · Verse 9 of 20

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And a tongue and two lips (so that he can ask if he cannot see for himself),

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

Ahmed Ali

One tongue, and two lips,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And a tongue and two lips,

Daryabadi

And a tongue and two lips,

Faridul Haque

And a tongue and two lips?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And a tongue and two lips,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And a tongue and two lips?

Muhammad Asad

and a tongue, and a pair of lips,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And a tongue and a pair of lips?

Muhammad Pickthall

And a tongue and two lips,

Muhammad Sarwar

a tongue, and two lips?.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And a tongue and two lips,

Rashad Khalifa

A tongue and two lips?

Shabbir Ahmed

And a tongue and a pair of lips?

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.