The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes? 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 And have shown him the two ways? 10 But he hath not attempted the Ascent - 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 To an orphan near of kin. 15 Or to the poor man lying in the dust. 16 Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. 17 These are the people of the right. 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 and the Fire will close in on them. 20