The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)? 10 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! - 12 It is freeing the neck, 13 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger 14 to an orphaned relative 15 Or the poor in distress; 16 And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 As for those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20