The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created man into a life of toil and trial. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” 6 Thinks he that none sees him? 7 Did We not assign unto him two eyes 8 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- 9 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 (It is) to free a slave, 13 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 16 and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20