The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I do call to witness this City;- 1 And you are free to live upon it, -- 2 And by the giver of birth, and whom he fathered, 3 Verily, We have created man in toil. 4 Does man think that no one will ever have power over him? 5 He saith: I have wasted riches plenteous. 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 And a tongue and two lips, 9 and guided him on the two paths (of good and evil)? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 What will explain to you what the ascent is? 12 (It is) the setting free of a slave, 13 Or the feeding on a day of hunger. 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery. 16 and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. 17 These are the people of the right. 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20