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90. Al-Balad - The City
| 1 | No! I swear by this land, |
| 2 | and thou art a lodger in this land; |
| 3 | by the begetter, and that he begot, |
| 4 | indeed, We created man in trouble. |
| 5 | What, does he think none has power over him, |
| 6 | saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? |
| 7 | What, does he think none has seen him? |
| 8 | Have We not appointed to him two eyes, |
| 9 | and a tongue, and two lips, |
| 10 | and guided him on the two highways? |
| 11 | Yet he has not assaulted the steep; |
| 12 | and what shall teach thee what is the steep? |
| 13 | The freeing of a slave, |
| 14 | or giving food upon a day of hunger |
| 15 | to an orphan near of kin |
| 16 | or a needy man in misery; |
| 17 | then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. |
| 18 | Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. |
| 19 | And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; |
| 20 | over them is a Fire covered down. |