The Translation Of The Holy Quran

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90. THE CITY:

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).