The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 And the parent and the offspring, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Deemest he that none will overpower him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Deemest he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- 9 And shown unto him the two highways? 10 But he would not attempt the uphill road, 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 Or some poor wretch in misery, 16 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. 17 Those are the companions of the right. 18 and [as for] those who are bent on denying the truth of Our revelations, they are the people of the left hand, 19 The Fire will vault them over. 20