The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ Nay! I swear by this city. 1 and thou art a lodger in this land; 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does he think that none has observed 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 broken through the difficult pass. 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 (It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.) 13 the giving of food upon the day of hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin; 15 Or a needy person in misery 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell). 19 The Fire will vault them over. 20