The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. 2 by the begetter, and that he begot, 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Does he think then that no one has power over him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not grant him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil? 10 But he could not scale the steep ascent. 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 It is freeing the neck, 13 or giving food upon a day of hunger 14 An orphan, of kin, 15 Or a poor man cleaving to the 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 These are the People of the Right Hand. 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20