The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ No, I swear by this country (Mecca), 1 And thou art a freeman of this City;- 2 and by parent and offspring, 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 Deemest he that none will overpower him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 (It is:) freeing the bondman; 13 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with 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 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20