The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ No! I swear by this land, 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 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth." 6 Does man think that no one saw him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and a pair of lips? 9 And showed him two highways (of good and evil)? 10 But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep. 11 What could let you know what the height is! 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. 17 Those are the companions of the right. 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 [with] fire closing in upon them. 20