AL BALAD — Ayat 1

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

لاَ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـذَا الْبَلَدِ - وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَـذَا الْبَلَدِ - وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ - لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَـنَ فِى كَبَدٍ - أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ - يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالاً لُّبَداً - أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ - أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ - وَلِسَاناً وَشَفَتَيْنِ - وَهَدَيْنَـهُ النَّجْدَينِ

1. Nay! I swear by this city; 2. And you are free in this city. 3. And by the begetter and that which he begot. 4. Verily, We have created man in Kabad. 5. Does he think that none can overcome him 6. He says: ”I have wasted wealth in abundance!'' 7. Does he think that none sees him 8. Have We not made for him two eyes 9. And a tongue and two lips 10. And shown him the two ways Here Allah has sworn by Makkah, the Mother of the Towns, addressing its resident (during the non-sacred months,) free in this city in order to draw his attention to the significance of its sanctity when its people are in the state of sanctity. Khusayf reported from Mujahid;