The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Nay, I swear by this city - 1 And thou shalt be allowed in yonder city 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 5 saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 Or to feed in times of famine 14 An orphan near of kin, 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 As for those who rejected Our Signs, they are the People of the Left Hand. 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20