Surah Al-Balad
Quran 90:9
Read Quran 90:9 from Surah Al-Balad (The City) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 90:9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩
And a tongue and two lips,
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
- 9 of 20
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 90:9
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 90:9
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.