The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ I swear by this city (Makkah); 1 – this city wherein you have been rendered violable– 2 and by parent and offspring, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Does man think that no one will ever have power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." 6 Does he think that none has observed him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! - 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 Of a related orphan, 15 Or of a homeless needy person! 16 And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20