The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city (Mecca) – 1 this land in which thou art free to dwell 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 We have indeed created man surrounded by hardships. 4 Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? 5 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 And have shown him the two ways? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin; 15 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. 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 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. 20