The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah). 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth." 6 Does he believe that none has seen him? 7 Did We not assign unto him two eyes 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 and guided him on the two paths (of good and evil)? 10 But he hath not attempted the Ascent - 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 the giving of food upon the day of hunger 14 An orphan of near relationship 15 or to a needy person in distress; 16 and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 and the Fire will close in on them. 20