The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 And thou art a freeman of this City;- 2 or by the great father and his wonderful son (Abraham and Ishmael) 3 indeed, We created man in trouble. 4 Deemest he that none will overpower him? 5 He says: “I have squandered enormous wealth.” 6 Deemest he that none beholdeth him? 7 Have We not made for him two eyes 8 a tongue, and two lips? 9 and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? 10 Yet he has not assaulted the steep; 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 It is the freeing of a slave 13 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine), 14 of an orphan near of kin, 15 or to a destitute lying in dust; 16 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity. 17 These are the fellows of the righthand. 18 As for those who rejected Our Signs, they are the People of the Left Hand. 19 Over them shall be Fire closing round. 20