Tafsir Ibn Kathir -> Surah Al-Balad -> Which was revealed in Makkah

﴿بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴾

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

﴿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)