The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 We created the human in fatigue. 4 Does man think that no one will ever have power over him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Deemest he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or some poor wretch in misery, 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 They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed). 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20