Surah Al-Balad: Verse 3 - ووالد وما ولد... - English

Tafsir of Verse 3, Surah Al-Balad

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾

Display verse 3, Surah Al-Balad in the Quran

English Translation

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], (3)

English Transliteration

Wawalidin wama walada (3)

Tafsir of Verse 3

by the begetter, and that he begot, (3)

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- (3)

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ (and by the father and that which he begot,...90:3) The word walid refers to Holy Prophet 'Adam (علیہ السلام) the father of mankind, and the phrase مَا وَلَدَ 'that which he begot' refers to his children from the inception of the world to the end of the world. Thus this phrase swears an oath by Holy Prophet 'Adam (علیہ السلام) and all his children. The subject of the oath follows next, thus:

(3)

Verse 3 - Surah Al-Balad: (ووالد وما ولد...) - English

Surah Al-Balad: Verse 3 - ووالد وما ولد... - English

Tafsir of Verse 3, Surah Al-Balad

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Tafsir of Verse 3

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