Meccan·Surah 90

البلد

Surah Al-Balad — Ayah 9

The City

20 Ayahs·Verse 90:9
90:9

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips?

Context in Surah Al-Balad

Nearby ayahs help place verse 90:9 in sequence and meaning.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.