Surat Al-Balad (Arabic: سورة البلد‎, "The City"), is the 90th Surah or chapter of the Qur'an. It is composed of 20 ayat (verses). This Sorat is positioned in Para 30 which is also known as Juz Amma (Juz' 30).

Theme and subject matter:
According to an interpretation expounded on in the tafsir (commentary) written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi entitled Tafheem al Quran, Its theme is to explain the true position of man in the world and of the world in relation to man and to tell that God has shown to man both the highways of good and evil, has also provided for him the means to judge and see and follow them, and now it rests upon mans own effort and judgment whether he chooses the path of virtue and reaches felicity or adopts the path of vice and meets with doom.