Sura **Balad** or (THE CITY, THIS COUNTRYSIDE
1. I do call to witness this City
2. And thou art a freeman of this City
3. And (the mystic ties of) parent and child
4. Verily We have created man into toil and struggle
5. Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
6. He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance
7. Thinketh he that none beholdeth 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 hath made no haste on the path that is steep
12. And what will explain to thee the path that is steep
13. (It is
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 (down) in the dust
17. Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion
18. Such are the Companions of the Right Hand
19. But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
20. On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).