The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 And thou art a freeman of this City;- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Does he think that no one can overpower him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what have you understood, what the valley is! 12 (It is) to free a slave, 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 an orphaned relative 15 Or a poor man cleaving to the dust. 16 and to be one of those who believe and urge one another to steadfastness and compassion. 17 These are the people of the right. 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 Upon them shall be a Fire that will hem them in. 20