The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 and I swear by the parent and his offspring: 3 that We have created man into a life of toil and trial. 4 Does he think then that no one has power over him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does he think that no one has seen him? 7 Did We not assign unto him two eyes 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? 10 But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road... 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 It is freeing the neck, 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 To an orphan near of kin. 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 16 Then he became of those who believed and enjoined on each other steadfastness and enjoined on each other compassion. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 As for those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20