The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city (Mecca) – 1 and you are a lodger in this country. 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 What, does he think none has power over him, 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does he think that no one has seen him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 And shown unto him the two highways? 10 But he could not scale the steep ascent. 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 to an orphaned relative 15 Or the poor in distress; 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed). 18 As for those who rejected Our Signs, they are the People of the Left Hand. 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20