The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I CALL THIS earth to witness -- 1 and thou art a lodger in this land; 2 by the begetter, and that he begot, 3 Verily, We have created man in toil. 4 Does he think that no one has power over him? 5 saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? 6 Does he believe that none has seen him? 7 Have We not given him two eyes, 8 One tongue, and two lips, 9 and shown him the two highways [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 freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin,] 13 or the feeding in times of famine 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or some poor wretch in misery, 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 These are the people of the right hand. 18 As for those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left 19 over them is a Fire covered down. 20