The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah). 2 And the parent and the offspring, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Does he think that no one can overpower him? 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not make two eyes for him? 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 And shown unto him the two highways? 10 Yet he has not scaled the height. 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 to an orphaned relative 15 or some needy person in distress, 16 then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. 17 Those are the companions of the right. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20