The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah). 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 Verily, We have created man in toil. 4 Does he think that no one can overpower him? 5 He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth." 6 Does he think that none has observed him? 7 Did We not grant him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 to an orphaned relative 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 Then he became of those who believed and enjoined on each other steadfastness and enjoined on each other compassion. 17 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 The Fire will vault them over. 20