Surah Al-Balad
Quran 90:1
Read Quran 90:1 from Surah Al-Balad (The City) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Quran verse
Qur'an 90:1
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ١
Nay, I swear by this city -
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 90. Al-Balad (The City)
- Ayah
- 1 of 20
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 90:1
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 90:1
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 90:1-2 together.
يقسم تعالى { بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ } الأمين، الذي هو مكة المكرمة، أفضل البلدان على الإطلاق، خصوصًا وقت حلول الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم فيها.