The City

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The City is the English title of Surah Al-Balad, a chapter of the Qur’an that reflects on the challenges of human life and the moral path of righteousness.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The City canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Meccan surah ⓘ
Quran surah ⓘ
religious text section ⓘ
addressesAudience all humanity ⓘ
believers ⓘ
disbelievers in Mecca ⓘ
contrasts people of the right hand with people of the left hand ⓘ
emphasizes that humans are created in toil ⓘ
followsInMushafOrder Surah Al-Fajr ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus part of the standard 114 surahs of the Qur’an ⓘ
hasJuz 30 ⓘ
hasKeyTerm al-balad ⓘ
al-ʿaqabah (the steep path) ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasMainTheme accountability before God ⓘ
charity and care for the needy ⓘ
ethical responsibility ⓘ
moral struggle of human life ⓘ
path of righteousness ⓘ
hasNumberOfVerses 20 ⓘ
hasOpeningOathBy the begetter and what he begot ⓘ
this city (Mecca) ⓘ
linked to: Mecca
hasOrderInQuran 90 ⓘ
hasOriginalTitle سورة البلد ⓘ
hasReligion Islam ⓘ
hasRevelationPlace Mecca ⓘ
hasScripture Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
hasTitle The City ⓘ
hasTransliteration Surah Al-Balad ⓘ
mentionsConcept community solidarity ⓘ
faith and patience ⓘ
feeding the poor ⓘ
free will ⓘ
human hardship ⓘ
liberation of slaves ⓘ
moral choice ⓘ
needy in distress ⓘ
orphan in kinship ⓘ
the steep path (al-ʿaqabah) ⓘ
partOf Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
precedesInMushafOrder Surah Ash-Shams ⓘ
revealedTo Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
teaches that belief must be joined with good deeds ⓘ
that righteousness includes social justice ⓘ
warnsAgainst arrogance ⓘ
ingratitude ⓘ
neglecting the poor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Al-Balad → name → The City ⓘ
Al-Balad → hasEnglishTitle → The City ⓘ