The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 and by parent and offspring, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 It is freeing the neck, 13 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery. 16 and, then besides this, he be one of those who believed, and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another compassion. 17 They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 Fire will be an awning over them. 20