The Town (Al-Balad)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ I CALL THIS earth to witness -- 1 And thou art an indweller of this city - 2 and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: 3 that We have created man into a life of toil and trial. 4 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? 5 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! 6 Does he think that none has observed 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 has not broken through the difficult pass. 11 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- 12 The freeing of a slave, 13 Or the giving of food in a day of privation 14 an orphaned relative 15 or to a destitute lying in dust; 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 fellows of the righthand. 18 And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. 19 with the Fire closed above them. 20