The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 in which you are now living 2 and I swear by the parent and his offspring: 3 We created the human in fatigue. 4 Does he think that none has power over him! 5 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 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 unto him the two highways? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 an orphaned relative 15 Or a poor man cleaving to the dust. 16 then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. 17 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20