The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city (Makkah); 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 And by the begetter (i.e. Adam) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny); 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Does he think that none has power over him! 5 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth. 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not grant him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep. 11 And what have you understood, what the valley is! 12 (It is:) freeing the bondman; 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 To the orphan with claims of relationship, 15 or some needy person in distress, 16 and, then besides this, he be one of those who believed, and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20