The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ Nay! I swear by this city. 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 We verily have created man in an atmosphere: 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 And have shown him the two ways? 10 Yet he has not assaulted the steep; 11 And what have you understood, what the valley is! 12 (It is) to free a slave, 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 To an orphan near of kin. 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 16 Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20