The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, 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 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 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 paths? 10 But he could not scale the steep ascent. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 The freeing of a slave, 13 or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger, 14 to an orphaned relative 15 Or to the poor man lying 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 whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages - they are such as have lost themselves in evil, 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20