The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ Nay, I swear by this city - 1 and thou art a lodger in this land; 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Deemest he that none will overpower him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 and to be one of those who believe and urge one another to steadfastness and compassion. 17 These are the people of the right. 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20