Surah 90 of 114
Surah Al-Balad
The City
Surah Al-Balad (The City) is the 90th surah of the Quran, revealed in Makkah, with 20 ayahs spanning juz 30.
البلد
What this surah covers
- The sacred city
- The steep path
- Freeing a slave, feeding the poor
Memorising it
At the academy’s standard pace, Surah Al-Balad typically takes 2–4 supervised lessons, with revision continuing afterwards. The range is wide on purpose: it moves with the student’s age, whether they already read fluently, and how much is revised between lessons. A single figure would be a promise about a student we have not met.
Memorisation load is rated Light relative to the rest of the Quran, derived from its length rather than assigned by opinion.