The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Thinks he that none can overcome him? 5 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 8 and a tongue and two lips? 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), 13 or giving food on a day of hunger 14 to an orphaned relative 15 Or of a homeless needy person! 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 are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20