The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 and you are a lodger in this country. 2 and I swear by the parent and his offspring: 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He will say: 'I have destroyed a vast wealth' 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips? 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 Yet he has not assaulted the steep; 11 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), 14 to an orphan near of kin; 15 Or some poor wretch in misery, 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 Those who do so are the people of the right hand, 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20