The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I swear by this city (Makkah); 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 We verily have created man in an atmosphere: 4 Deemest he that none will overpower him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does he think that no one has seen him? 7 Did We not make two eyes for him? 8 and a tongue, and a pair of lips, 9 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways? 10 But he would not attempt the uphill road, 11 And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 Of a related orphan, 15 Or the poor in distress; 16 and to be one of those who believe and urge one another to steadfastness and compassion. 17 They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise), 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 Fire will be an awning over them. 20