The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city, Makkah - 1 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - 2 And by the begetter (i.e. Adam) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny); 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 What, does he think none has power over him, 5 He will say: 'I have destroyed a vast wealth' 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Did We not make two eyes for him? 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 But he has not attempted the ascent. 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or to a destitute lying in 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 They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed). 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 On them is fire closed over. 20