The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah). 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Does man think that no one will ever have power over him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes? 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And showed him two highways (of good and evil)? 10 But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep. 11 What could let you know what the height is! 12 To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), 13 or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger, 14 an orphaned relative 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind. 17 Such are they that have attained to righteousness; 18 And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20