The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ Nay! I swear by this city. 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 We verily have created man in an atmosphere: 4 What, does he think none has power over him, 5 saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 and a tongue and two lips? 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 of an orphaned relative 15 or some needy person in distress, 16 Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. 20