The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Nay, I swear by this city - 1 and you are a lodger in this country. 2 by the begetter, and that he begot, 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes? 8 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- 9 and guided him on the two highways? 10 But he hath not attempted the Ascent - 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 Or the giving of food in a day of privation 14 of an orphaned relative 15 Or a needy person in misery 16 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. 17 They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed). 18 And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20