The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 this land in which thou art free to dwell 2 and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: 3 We have certainly created man into hardship. 4 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Thinks he that none sees him? 7 Did We not grant him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 Or to feed in times of famine 14 An orphan of near relationship 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 16 And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. 19 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). 20