The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Nay, I swear by this city - 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Thinks he that none can overcome him? 5 He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? 10 But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 The freeing of a slave, 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 to an orphan near of kin; 15 Or the poor in distress; 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. 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 Upon them shall be a Fire that will hem them in. 20