The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ Nay! I swear by this city 1 and you are a lodger in this country. 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 We have certainly created man into hardship. 4 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not make two eyes for him? 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 (It is:) freeing the bondman; 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 to an orphaned relative 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 16 and, then besides this, he be one of those who believed, and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20