The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 or to a needy person in distress; 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 These are the People of the Right Hand. 18 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. 19 Upon them shall be a Fire that will hem them in. 20