The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 And thou art a freeman of this City;- 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Does he think then that no one 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 grant him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and two lips, 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 But he would not attempt the uphill road, 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 (It is) the setting free of a slave, 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 16 And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another. 17 Those who do so are the people of the right hand, 18 But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell). 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20