The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ Nay! I swear by this city 1 in which you are now living 2 and I swear by the parent and his offspring: 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not grant him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 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 Of a related orphan, 15 or a needy man in misery; 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 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; 19 and the Fire will close in on them. 20