Al-Balad
البلد"The City"
- Number
- 90 of 114
- Verses
- 20
- Revealed
- Makkah
The steep path that leads to freeing a slave, feeding the hungry.
24 passages reference this surah
From 14 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"city of Qus, to the city of Kena, where we visited Shaykh Al-Rahim al-Kanawi for the second time, then to the city of Hu, to the city of Ahmim, to the city of Asyut, to Manfalut, to Minya, to Al-Ashmunayn, to the city of Bani Kshayb, to the city of Bush, to the city"
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"We then traveled to the city of Aksaray, a splendid city in the land of Rum, Anatolia, well constructed with flowing springs and gardens all around. Three rivers cut through the city, with water running through its districts, filled with"
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"we arrived at the city of Herat, the largest flourishing city in Khorasan. Khorasan has four great cities, two thriving, Herat and Nishapur, and two in ruins, Balkh and Merv. Herat is a large city with abundant architecture. Its inhabitants are upright, modest, and religious,"
Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"to record the city's destruction more than a thousand years ago. I stayed in this city with Allah al-Mulk for five days, during which he generously provided provisions before I departed to the city of Baqar with an initial Ba. It is a delightful city split by a channel"
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"This city lay on the bank of the greatest river, and we spent a night there as guests of its prince, who prepared two ships with furnishings for us, and sent his men to attend us. We traveled from this city, the last of China, entering the land of Kita, Transoxiana, the"
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"a lodge feeding travelers, supporting the poor and needy, and whose wealth continually grew. We traveled from this city to the region of Kauwi, located on a tidal inlet, the land of the disbeliever Ray Jalansi, which we will discuss. From there we traveled to the city"
Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"I have been brought out from the land of wine and intoxicants to the land of misery. and hunger? We replied, You know best. He said, I only came to this city waiting for the emergence of a prophet whose time has come. This city is his place of migration,"
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"He said, O my Lord, command this city to respond to me. Allah revealed to the city, O ruined city, respond to Jesus. The city called out to him, My beloved, what do you want from me? He asked about its trees,"
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"similar to this one in truthfulness and trustworthiness the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said a man bought a piece of land from another man and found in the land a jar containing gold the man who bought the land said to the"
Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"not born in Haran but in the land of the Chaldeans which is Babylon. They then journeyed toward the land of the Canaanites the region of Jerusalem. They settled in Haran which was part of the Chaldeans land at that time as well as"
Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
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"for. This is like someone leaving a city; their travel path becomes a barrier between the city they were in and the city they intend to reach. Degrees of Uprightness The First Degree: Uprightness in Striving for Moderation"
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"It's like a traveler approaching a city; once they see it, the path becomes clear and illuminated, leading directly to the city. Before seeing the city, they might have been uncertain or doubtful,"
Book 1: The Book of Knowledge
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"If you are like this, you will be safe." Hatim then traveled to another city, and the people welcomed him. He asked, "O people, which city is this? They answered, "The city of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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""What brought you back?" He said: "I was in the land of the Persians, and a land kills the one who does not know it, and a land kills the one who knows it." Then after him Amr ibn Ma'dikarib came back and said:"
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"Then Amr sent an army to Alexandria. Al-Muqawqis, the ruler of Alexandria, had before this been paying the land tax of his city and of the land of Egypt to the king of the Byzantines."
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"Sa'd sent him to it by the order of Umar, may God be pleased with them. Abu Mikhnaf said, from Mujalid, from al-Sha'bi, may God be pleased with them: Umar sent Utba ibn Ghazwan to the land of Basra with three hundred and some ten-odd men, and there joined him from the bedouin Arabs enough to bring his number to five hundred. He settled there in Rabi al-Awwal of the year fourteen. Basra in those days was called the Land of India; in it were rough white stones."
Volume 1
Imam al-Dhahabī · Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalā
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"The land does not work for anyone. Work as if you see, and count yourself among the dead." Abu al-Darda invited Salman to come to the sacred land. Salman replied, "The land does not sanctify anyone;"
The Story of Isa
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"He said, God revealed to the city, O ruined city, answer Jesus. The city called out, O my beloved Jesus, what do you wish from me? He asked, What has happened to your trees, rivers, palaces,"
The Story of Ibrahim
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"Lord freely and call others to him. The land he sought through migration was the land of Al-Sham, which Allah the Exalted mentioned, to the land which we have blessed for the worlds."
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"They sent the fifth to the Trusting One, may God be pleased with him, with one of the commanders, namely Arfaja, who then returned to his companions. As for Mahra: when they had finished with Oman, as we have related, Ikrima marched with the people to the land of Mahra, with the armies that were with him and those that had been joined to them, until he burst in upon Mahra in their own country."
Uthman ibn Affan
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"or have their hands and feet cut off on opposite sides, or be banished from the land; that is a disgrace for them in this world, and in the Hereafter they will have a great punishment." In his view these men who rose against the Commander of the Faithful Uthman, may God be pleased with him, were among those who spread corruption in the land;"
Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"the Holy Land with a stone's throw. Had he entered it, he would not have asked for this. But since he was with his people in the desert and his time of death approached, peace be upon him, he wished to be closer to the land to which he had emigrated and urged his people"
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"any daughter. Motivated by these offers, the two young men conspired within their tribe and seven more joined them, making them nine, as mentioned in Allah Almighty's words. And there were in the city nine family heads, causing corruption in the land and not reforming."
Book 7: The Mysteries of Pilgrimage
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"O Allah, I am Your servant, and the land is Your land, the sanctuary is Your sanctuary, and the house is Your house. I have come seeking Your mercy and asking You as one in desperate need, fearful of Your punishment, hoping for Your mercy, and seeking Your pleasure.""
Books referenced
Volume One
Ibn Battuta · 13h 3m
Volume Two
Ibn Battuta · 10h 27m
Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia
Ibn Kathir · 18h 22m
The Story of Hud & Salih
Ibn Kathir · 1h 45m
Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · 11h 33m
The Book of Knowledge
Imam al-Ghazali · 6h 14m
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Ibn Kathir · 10h 27m
Volume 1
Imam al-Dhahabī · 10h 27m