The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 this land in which thou art free to dwell 2 and I swear by the parent and his offspring: 3 Verily, We have created man in toil. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 (He boasts and shows off) saying, "I have spent a great deal of money (for the cause of God)". 6 What, does he think none has seen him? 7 Did We not assign unto him two eyes 8 and a tongue, and two lips, 9 and guided him on the two highways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 It is freeing someone's neck from slavery; 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 an orphaned relative 15 or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust 16 then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; 19 who will be engulfed in the fire. 20