The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I do not (need to) swear by this town (Mecca) 1 and you are dwelling in this city -- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? 5 saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? 6 Does he believe that none has seen him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways? 10 Yet he attempteth not the steep, 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 (It is:) freeing the bondman; 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 Or a needy person in misery 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 with the Fire closed above them. 20