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 by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Thinks he that none can overcome him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Thinks he that none sees him? 7 Did We not give him two 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 shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 These are the people of the right. 18 and [as for] those who are bent on denying the truth of Our revelations, they are the people of the left hand, 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20