The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- 3 We have certainly created man into hardship. 4 Thinks he that none can overcome him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 And what could make thee conceive what it is, that steep uphill road? 12 To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), 13 the giving of food upon the day of hunger 14 The orphan near in relationship, 15 Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery. 16 and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). 20