The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city -- 1 For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 6 Does he think that no one has seen him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes? 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 (It is) to free a slave, 13 or giving food on a day of hunger 14 To an orphan, having relationship, 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 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 who do so are the people of the right hand, 18 But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell). 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20