The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ I do call to witness this City;- 1 and you are dwelling in this city -- 2 And the begetter and whom he begot. 3 Assuredly We have created man in trouble. 4 Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." 6 Does he then think that no one sees him? 7 Did We not give him two eyes, 8 and a tongue, and two lips, 9 And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? 10 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 And what have you understood, what the valley is! 12 (It is) the setting free of a slave, 13 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 14 An orphan, of kin, 15 Or to the poor man lying in the dust. 16 so that he becomes one of those who believe, charge each other to be patient, and charge each other to be merciful. 17 Those are the companions of the right. 18 and [as for] those who are bent on denying the truth of Our revelations, they are the people of the left hand, 19 On them is fire closed over. 20