The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 – this city wherein you have been rendered violable– 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 That We created man in toil and trouble. 4 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? 5 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? 10 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or to a needy person in distress; 16 so that he becomes one of those who believe, charge each other to be patient, and charge each other to be merciful. 17 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20