The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I swear by this city (Mecca) – 1 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - 2 by the begetter, and that he begot, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 Thinks he that none can overcome him? 5 He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth." 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways? 10 Yet he has not assaulted the steep; 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 Of a related orphan, 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 As for those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20