Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Balad Verse 10

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and showed him the two ways?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and shown them the two ways ˹of right and wrong˺?

Ruwwad Translation Center

and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?

A. J. Arberry

and guided him on the two highways?

Abdul Haleem

and point out to him the two clear ways [of good and evil]?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And shown Unto him the two highways?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And shown him the two highways?

Abul Ala Maududi

And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)?

Ahmed Ali

And showed him two highways (of good and evil)?

Ahmed Raza Khan

And did We not guide him to the two elevated things?

Ali Quli Qarai

and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]?

Ali Ünal

And shown him the two ways (one to follow and one to avoid)?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We have pointed out to him the two conspicuous high ways (of right and wrong)?

English Literal

And We guided him (to) the two paths/good or bad ?

Faridul Haque

And did We not guide him to the two elevated things?

Hamid S. Aziz

And guided him in the two highways?

Hilali & Khan

And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

But he attempts not the uphill road;

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

Muhammad Sarwar

Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil?

Qaribullah & Darwish

and guided him on the two paths (of good and evil)?

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And shown him the two ways

Wahiduddin Khan

and shown him the two paths?

Talal Itani

And We showed him the two ways?

Tafsir jalalayn

and guided him to the two paths?, [did We not] point out to him the path of good and that of evil?

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And shown him the two ways,

This refers to the two paths.

Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrated from `Asim, from Zirr, from `Abdullah bin Mas`ud that he said,
وَهَدَيْنَـهُ النَّجْدَينِ
And shown him the two ways,

"The good and the evil."

Similar to this has been reported from `Ali, Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Abu Wa'il, Abu Salih, Muhammad bin Ka`b, Ad-Dahhak, and `Ata' Al-Khurasani among others.

Similar to this Ayah is Allah's statement,

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الاِنسَـنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَـهُ سَمِيعاً بَصِيراً

إِنَّا هَدَيْنَـهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِراً وَإِمَّا كَفُوراً

Verily, We have created man from Nutfah Amshaj, in order to try him;so We made him hearer and seer.

Verily, We showed him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful. (76;2-3