The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 and thou art a lodger in this land; 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Thinks he that none can overcome him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Does he believe that none has seen him? 7 Have We not appointed to him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and two lips, 9 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)? 10 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or some needy person in distress, 16 and to be one of those who believe and urge one another to steadfastness and compassion. 17 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20