Meccan·Surah 90

البلد

Surah Al-Balad — Ayah 10

The City

20 Ayahs·Verse 90:10
90:10

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

And have shown him the two ways?

Context in Surah Al-Balad

Nearby ayahs help place verse 90:10 in sequence and meaning.

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?