The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 And thou shalt be allowed in yonder city 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Does man think that no one will ever have power over him? 5 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 8 and a tongue and two lips? 9 and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 What could let you know what the height is! 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 An orphan near of kin, 15 Or a poor man cleaving to the dust. 16 and, then besides this, he be one of those who believed, and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another 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 with the Fire closed above them. 20