The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 and you are dwelling in this city -- 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 We created the human in fatigue. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep. 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 (It is) the setting free of a slave, 13 Or the giving of food in a day of privation 14 of an orphaned relative 15 Or to the poor man lying in the dust. 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 These are the people 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