The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ Nay! I swear by this city. 1 and you are dwelling in this city -- 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Does he think then that no one has power over him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 What could let you know what the height is! 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 of an orphan near 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 Those who do so are the people 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