Surah Al-Balad
Quran 90:12
Read Quran 90:12 from Surah Al-Balad (The City) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 90:12
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ١٢
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
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
- 12 of 20
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 90:12
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 90:12
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 90:11-12 together.
{ فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ } أي: لم يقتحمها ويعبر عليها، لأنه متبع لشهواته .