The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ I do call to witness this City;- 1 and you are a lodger in this country. 2 and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: 3 Verily, We have created man in toil. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He says, "I have spent enormous wealth." 6 Does he think that no one sees him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 and shown him the two paths? 10 Yet he has not assaulted the steep; 11 What could let you know what the height is! 12 The freeing of a slave, 13 or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger, 14 An orphan of near relationship 15 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. 16 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. 17 Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. 18 But those who disbelieve in Our verses, they are the Companions of the Left, 19 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). 20