سُوْرَةُ الْبَلَدِ
Surah Al-Balad (90) — Ayah 8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَمْ
alam
Have not
نَجْعَل
najʿal
We made
لَّهُۥ
lahu
for him
عَيْنَيْنِ
ʿaynayni
two eyes
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The literal meaning of { اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَيْنَيْنِ … : ’’ نَجْدٌ ‘‘} is "a high place." By the two high places in {’’ النَّجْدَيْنِ ‘‘}, it refers to the mother's breasts. As soon as a child is born, according to the guidance granted by Allah Almighty, he rushes towards the mother's breasts, puts them in his mouth, and suckles milk, on which his life depends. If Allah Almighty does not give him this guidance, no child can survive. The relevance of the words eyes, tongue, and lips with the mother's breasts is clear. Most commentators have taken {’’ النَّجْدَيْنِ ‘‘} to mean the two clear paths of good and evil. The meaning is that how did he assume, while rebelling against Allah and spending wealth extravagantly, that no one has seen him and no one will question him? Whereas the very eyes with which he sees, We have made them; the tongue and lips with which he boasts, We have also created them; then We have also granted him the awareness of the path of good and evil. So how is it possible that the One who granted him eyes is Himself not seeing, the One who gave him tongue and lips cannot question him, and the One who granted him the awareness of good and evil will not question him about the use of this awareness?
