Al-Balad (Arabic: البلد, "The City"), is the 90th Surah or chapter of the Qur'an. It is consists of 20 ayat (verses).
Read MoreIn the first part of the Surah, after mentioning some meaningful oaths, this fact is pointed out that man's life is always full of toil and struggle in this world, which prepares him for overcoming difficulties and troubles, so he shouldn't expect absolute tranquility and comfort in this world.
1. The Prophet ﷺ had the privilege of having the restrictions of the Ḥaram exclusively lifted for him during the Liberation of Makkah.
2. Does the human think no one will have any power over him?
3. Does the human think there is no one watching him?
4. AllÄh gave us two eyes, a tongue, and two lips, and showed us the path of good and evil. It is we who ultimately make the choice.
5. Those who make the right choice will be the people of the right, and those who make the wrong choice will be those of the left; doomed for the Fire.
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In Surah Al-Balad you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Al-Balad which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Al-Balad.
In Surah Al-Balad we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.
There are 20 verses / Ayat in Surah Al-Balad
Surah Al-Balad was revealed in Makkah
Surah Al-Balad can be found in Juz or Para 30
There are 1/2 Ruku in Surah Al-Balad
Surah number of Surah Al-Balad is 90
The meaning of Surah Al-Balad is The city, The Land
You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Al-Balad here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.
Dear bothers and sisters as a Sunni Muslim we cannot say any Translation and Tafseer was as long it conforms with the 4 school of thoughts. But here at quran4ever.com, we have included Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is most comprehensive tafsir. Apart from that we have also included tafsir of Mufti Ahmad Yaar khan, Tafsir-e-Naeemi of Surah Al-Balad.