The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ NAY! I call to witness this land 1 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city-- 2 And the begetter and that which he begat, 3 That We created man in toil and trouble. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" 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 highways? 10 Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba 11 And what do you know what that difficult steep is? 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 And to feed in the day of hunger. 14 An orphan near of kin, 15 or to a needy person in distress; 16 then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand. 19 Over them will be fire closed in. 20