The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Does he think then that no one has power over him? 5 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 6 Deemest he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips? 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 Yet he has not scaled the height. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or a needy person in misery 16 And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind. 17 These are the fellows of the righthand. 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 [with] fire closing in upon them. 20