The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 and by parent and offspring, 3 Verily We have created man into toil and hardship. 4 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 And shown unto him the two highways? 10 But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep. 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 An orphan, of kin, 15 Or a poor man cleaving to the dust. 16 the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness. 17 Such are they that have attained to righteousness; 18 whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages - they are such as have lost themselves in evil, 19 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. 20