The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 8 And a tongue and two lips? 9 and guided him on the two paths (of good and evil)? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what have you understood, what the valley is! 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 An orphan near of kin, 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 16 so that he becomes one of those who believe, charge each other to be patient, and charge each other to be merciful. 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 [with] fire closing in upon them. 20