Al-Huda Foundation, USA
Translation By Abdullah Yusuf Ali
d Sura
# 90 e
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Al-Balad /
The City |
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In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful. |
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I do call to witness this City |
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And thou art a freeman of this City |
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And (the mystic ties of) Parent and Child |
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Verily We have created Man into toil and struggle. |
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Thinketh he that none hath power over him? |
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He may say (boastfully): "Wealth have I squandered in abundance!" |
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Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? |
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Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? |
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And a tongue and a pair of lips? |
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And shown him the two highways? |
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But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. |
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And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? |
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(It is:) freeing the bondman; |
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Or the giving of food in a day of privation |
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To the orphan with claims of relationship |
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Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. |
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Then will he be of those who believe and enjoin patience (constancy and self-restraint) and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. |
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Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. |
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But those who reject Our Signs they are the (unhappy) companions of the Left Hand. |
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On them will be Fire Vaulted over (all round). |