The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah). 2 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- 3 Certainly We have created man to be in distress. 4 What, does he think none has power over him, 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Thinks he that none sees 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 would not try to ascend the steep uphill road... 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 Or, feeding, in a day of privation, 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 or some needy person in distress, 16 so that he becomes one of those who believe, charge each other to be patient, and charge each other to be merciful. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; 19 Fire will be an awning over them. 20