The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 That We created man in toil and trouble. 4 Does He think that no one will ever have control over him? 5 (He boasts and shows off) saying, "I have spent a great deal of money (for the cause of God)". 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 16 and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. 17 They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed). 18 And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. 19 and the Fire will close in on them. 20