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Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Balad Verse 9

Al-Balad [90]: 9 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيْنِۙ (البلد : ٩٠)

walisānan
وَلِسَانًا
And a tongue
washafatayni
وَشَفَتَيْنِ
and two lips?

Transliteration:

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn (QS. al-Balad:9)

English / Sahih Translation:

And a tongue and two lips? (QS. Al-Balad, ayah 9)

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and one tongue and two lips,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

a tongue, and two lips;

Ruwwad Translation Center

and a tongue and two lips,

A. J. Arberry

and a tongue, and two lips,

Abdul Haleem

a tongue, lips,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And a tongue and two lips,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

Abul Ala Maududi

and a tongue and two lips?

Ahmed Ali

One tongue, and two lips,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And a tongue and two lips?

Ali Quli Qarai

a tongue, and two lips,

Ali Ünal

And a tongue and two lips,

Amatul Rahman Omar

And a tongue and two lips (so that he can ask if he cannot see for himself),

English Literal

And a tongue , and two lips?

Faridul Haque

And a tongue and two lips?

Hamid S. Aziz

And a tongue, and two lips?

Hilali & Khan

And a tongue and a pair of lips?

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And a tongue and two lips,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And a tongue and two lips,

Muhammad Sarwar

a tongue, and two lips?

Qaribullah & Darwish

a tongue, and two lips,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And a tongue and two lips

Wahiduddin Khan

and a tongue, and a pair of lips,

Talal Itani

And a tongue, and two lips?

Tafsir jalalayn

and a tongue, and two lips,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَلِسَانًا


And a tongue,

meaning, for him to speak with, and so that he can express that which is inside of him.

وَشَفَتَيْنِ




and two lips,

In order to help him with speaking, eating food, and beautifying his face and his mouth.
The Ability to distinguish between Good and Evil is also a Blessing

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ