The Town (Al-Balad)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ I CALL THIS earth to witness -- 1 and you are a lodger in this country. 2 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- 3 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. 4 Does He think that no one will ever have control over him? 5 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth: 6 Does he think that no one has seen him? 7 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? 8 a tongue, and two lips, 9 And shown unto him the two highways? 10 But he would not attempt the uphill road, 11 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? 12 The freeing of a slave! 13 the giving of food upon the day of hunger 14 to an orphan near of kin 15 Or a needy person in misery 16 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. 17 Their place will be on the right hand. 18 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. 19 Upon them shall be a Fire that will hem them in. 20