The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 And thou art a freeman of this City;- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 We have certainly created man into hardship. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." 6 Thinks he that none sees him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 Yet he has not assaulted the steep; 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 (It is:) freeing the bondman; 13 or giving food upon a day of hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin; 15 Or a poor man cleaving to the dust. 16 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. 17 These are the people 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 Upon them shall be a Fire that will hem them in. 20