The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I swear by this city (Makkah); 1 this land in which thou art free to dwell 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? 5 saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? 6 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 and guided him on the two highways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin; 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 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 who do so are the people of the right hand, 18 And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20