Chap 90: THE CITY, THIS COUNTRYSIDE (90:0)

I do call to witness this City;- (90:1)

And thou art a freeman of this City;- (90:2)

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- (90:3)

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle (90:4)

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? (90:5)

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! (90:6)

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? (90:7)

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- (90:8)

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- (90:9)

And shown him the two highways? (90:10)

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep (90:11)

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- (90:12)

(It is:) freeing the bondman; (90:13)

Or the giving of food in a day of privation (90:14)

To the orphan with claims of relationship, (90:15)

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust (90:16)

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion (90:17)

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand (90:18)

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand (90:19)

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round) (90:20)

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