Arabic Analysis of Surah Balad
This is post #35 in our series on Tafseer of Juz ‘Amma (click the link to see all posts in this series).
In this post, we will insha’Allah do a word-for-word breakdown of each surah, as space permits.
In the first ayah, Allah (subhannahu wa ta’ala) says:
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
The first two words, laa uqsimu (لَا أُقْسِمُ) literally means “I do not swear.” Uqsimu is mudaari’ mutakallim waahid, i.