The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - 2 And the parent and the offspring, 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 What, does he think none has power over him, 5 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Did We not assign unto him two eyes 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger 14 The orphan near in relationship, 15 or to a destitute lying in dust; 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20