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90. THE CITY THIS COUNTRYSIDE
Revealed before the Hijrah. This chapter has 20 verses.
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
| 90:1 | I do call to witness this City;- |
| 90:2 | And thou art a freeman of this City;- |
| 90:3 | And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- |
| 90:4 | Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. |
| 90:5 | Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? |
| 90:6 | He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! |
| 90:7 | Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? |
| 90:8 | Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- |
| 90:9 | And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- |
| 90:10 | And shown him the two highways? |
| 90:11 | But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. |
| 90:12 | And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- |
| 90:13 | (It is:) freeing the bondman; |
| 90:14 | Or the giving of food in a day of privation |
| 90:15 | To the orphan with claims of relationship, |
| 90:16 | Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. |
| 90:17 | Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. |
| 90:18 | Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. |
| 90:19 | But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. |
| 90:20 | On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). |