The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 in which you are now living 2 and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages - they are such as have lost themselves in evil, 19 [with] fire closing in upon them. 20