al-Balad

I swear by this town,

— Ali Quli Qarai

as you reside in this town;

— Ali Quli Qarai

[and] by the father and him whom he begot:

— Ali Quli Qarai

certainly We created man in travail.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him?

— Ali Quli Qarai

He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’

— Ali Quli Qarai

Does he suppose that no one sees him?

— Ali Quli Qarai

Have We not made for him two eyes,

— Ali Quli Qarai

a tongue, and two lips,

— Ali Quli Qarai

and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]?

— Ali Quli Qarai

Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task.

— Ali Quli Qarai

And what will show you what is the uphill task?

— Ali Quli Qarai

[It is] the freeing of a slave,

— Ali Quli Qarai

or feeding, during days of [general] starvation,

— Ali Quli Qarai

an orphan among relatives

— Ali Quli Qarai

or a needy man in desolation,

— Ali Quli Qarai

while being one of those who have faith and enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion.

— Ali Quli Qarai

They are the People of the Right Hand.

— Ali Quli Qarai

But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand.

— Ali Quli Qarai

A closed Fire will be [imposed] upon them.

— Ali Quli Qarai