The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ I swear by yonder city 1 in which you are now living 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- 9 And shown unto him the two highways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what will make you know the path that is steep? 12 (It is:) freeing the bondman; 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. 16 and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. 17 These are the people of the right. 18 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand. 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20