Walisanan washafatayn (surah Al Balad: 9)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(90:9) and a tongue and two lips? *9

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

*9) That is, ""Have We not given him the means of obtaining knowledge and wisdom '?" "Two eyes" dces not imply the eyes of the cow and buffalo, but human eyes, which if used intelligently can help man see aII around himself those signs which lead to the reality and distinguish the right from the wrongs. "The tongue and lips" do not merely imply the instruments of speech but the rational wind behind these instruments which performs the functions of thinking and understanding and then uses them for expressing its ideas, motives and designs.