The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He will say: 'I have destroyed a vast wealth' 6 Does he think that none has observed him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 of an orphaned relative 15 Or some poor wretch in misery, 16 Then he became of those who believed and enjoined on each other steadfastness and enjoined on each other compassion. 17 Those are the companions of the right. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20