The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ No! I swear by this land, 1 in which you are now living 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship. 4 What, does he think none has power over him, 5 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!" 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 did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 To the orphan with claims of relationship, 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 16 And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 and [as for] those who are bent on denying the truth of Our revelations, they are the people of the left hand, 19 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). 20