The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 in which you are now living 2 And the parent and the offspring, 3 We have indeed created man surrounded by hardships. 4 Does he think then that no one has power over him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does he, then, think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 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 shall make thee understand that which the steep is? 12 (It is) the freeing of a slave, 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 To an orphan, having relationship, 15 and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of) 16 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. 17 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 19 On them is fire closed over. 20