Surah Al-Balad
Quran 90:8
Read Quran 90:8 from Surah Al-Balad (The City) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ٨
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
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
- 8 of 20
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 90:8
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 90:8
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 90:8-9 together.
ثم قرره بنعمه، فقال: { أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ } للجمال والبصر والنطق، وغير ذلك من المنافع الضرورية فيها، فهذه نعم الدنيا.