The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ I CALL THIS earth to witness -- 1 And thou shalt be allowed in yonder city 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 Verily We have created man into toil and hardship. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- 8 And a tongue and two lips? 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 and what shall teach thee what is the steep? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 or, in a day of famine, the feeding of 14 To an orphan, having relationship, 15 Or the poor in distress; 16 And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20