The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. 2 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- 3 that We have created man into a life of toil and trial. 4 Does he think that no one can overpower him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not make two eyes for him? 8 and a tongue and two lips? 9 And showed him two highways (of good and evil)? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 The orphan near in relationship, 15 or to a needy person in distress; 16 so that he becomes one of those who believe, charge each other to be patient, and charge each other to be merciful. 17 They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. 20