The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created man into a life of toil and trial. 4 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? 5 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" 6 Does he think that none has observed him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 and a tongue and two lips? 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger, 14 An orphan of near relationship 15 Or of a homeless needy person! 16 Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. 17 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand. 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20