The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ Nay, I swear by this city - 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 by the begetter, and that he begot, 3 We verily have created man in an atmosphere: 4 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” 6 Deemest he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil? 10 But he could not scale the steep ascent. 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 The freeing of a slave, 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 an orphaned relative 15 Or of a homeless needy person! 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 and [as for] those who are bent on denying the truth of Our revelations, they are the people of the left hand, 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20