The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 this land in which thou art free to dwell 2 by the begetter, and that he begot, 3 We created the human in fatigue. 4 Does he think that no one can overpower him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Deemest he that none beholdeth him? 7 Did We not grant him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what have you understood, what the valley is! 12 (It is) the setting free of a slave, 13 Or the giving of food in a day of privation 14 An orphan near of kin, 15 or to a destitute lying in dust; 16 And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 [with] fire closing in upon them. 20