The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Nay! I swear by this city. 1 And thou art a freeman of this City;- 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Does he think that no one can overpower him? 5 He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth." 6 Does he think that none has observed him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 To an orphan, having relationship, 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 Those who do so are the people 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 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20