AL BALAD (The City)
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
1 I call to witness this city;
2 And you are a freeman of this city;
3 And a parent and a child;
4 Truly we have created man for toil and struggle.
5 Does he think that no one has power over him?
6 He may say: Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
7 Does he think that no one beholds him?
8 Have we not made for him a pair of eyes?
9 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?
10 And shown him the two highways?
11 But he has made no haste on the path that is steep.
12 And what will explain to you the path that is steep?
13 Freeing the bondman,
14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation,
15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,
16 Or to the indigent in the dust.
17 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, deeds of kindness and compassion.
18 Such are the companions of the right hand.
19 But those who reject our signs, they are the companions of the left hand.
20 On them will be fire closed over.