The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ I do not (need to) swear by this town (Mecca) 1 – this city wherein you have been rendered violable– 2 And by the begetter and that which he begat, 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not assign unto him two eyes 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave; 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 An orphan near of kin, 15 or a needy man in misery; 16 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity. 17 These are the fellows of the righthand. 18 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand. 19 [with] fire closing in upon them. 20