Surah Al-Balad worksheet for kids

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The surah's big idea

The steep path to Paradise: feed the hungry and be merciful

1. Created to strive
Allah swears by this sacred city, Makkah, while the Prophet, peace be upon him, lives in it, and by Adam, father of mankind, peace be upon him, and his children: Allah created man to strive and toil in this life.
2. Does he think no one saw him?
Does this man think that Allah has no power over him? He boasts, 'I have spent piles of money.' Does he think that Allah does not see him, and will not ask him about every small and big thing?
3. Two clear paths
Did Allah not give man two eyes to see with, a tongue and two lips to speak with, and show him the way of good and the way of evil?
4. Climbing the steep pass
If only he had taken on the steep pass that saves him on the Last Day! And what will make you know what the steep pass is? It is freeing a slave from slavery.
5. Feeding on a day of hunger
Or feeding, on a day of great hunger, an orphan who is a relative, or a very poor person who has nothing.
6. Urging patience and mercy
And besides all that, being among the believers who urge one another to be patient in obeying Allah and to be merciful to people. They are the companions of the right, taken to Paradise.
7. A Fire closed over them
But those who disbelieved in Allah's signs are the companions of the left, taken to the Fire, and it is closed over them.

1. Which city does Allah swear by in the surah?
- A Makkah, the sacred city
- B Syria
- C Egypt
2. What does the boastful person say?
- A I am poor
- B I spent a lot of money
- C I own nothing
3. What did Allah give a person to see with?
- A Four legs
- B Two wings
- C Two eyes
4. What did Allah show a person?
- A The way of good and the way of evil
- B Nothing
- C Only the way to the market
5. Which is part of the steep path that saves on the Day of Resurrection?
- A Collecting toys
- B Feeding the hungry on a day of great hunger
- C Sleeping long
6. What do the believers urge one another to?
- A Laziness
- B Anger
- C Patience and mercy