The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created man into a life of toil and trial. 4 Does He think that no one will ever have control over him? 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)? 10 But he would not attempt the uphill road, 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or a needy person in misery 16 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20