The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 3 We created the human in fatigue. 4 Does man think that no one will ever have 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 made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 And have shown him the two ways? 10 But he hath not attempted the Ascent - 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 An orphan, of kin, 15 Or a poor man cleaving to 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 They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), 18 As for those who rejected Our Signs, they are the People of the Left Hand. 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20