The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 – this city wherein you have been rendered violable– 2 and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: 3 We verily have created man in an atmosphere: 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 6 Thinks he that none sees him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 And shown him the two highways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 Would that you knew what Aqaba is! 12 It is the setting free of a slave 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 To the orphan with claims of relationship, 15 Or some poor wretch in misery, 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right. 18 But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20