The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ Nay, I swear by this city - 1 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 We have certainly created man into hardship. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 and guided him on the two highways? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 Of a related orphan, 15 Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery. 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 Such are the Companions 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 over them is a Fire covered down. 20