The Holy Qur'an: Al-Balad (The City)

The Holy Qur'an (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

¹ I do call to witness this City;-^C

² And thou art a freeman of this City;-

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

⁴ Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

⁵ Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

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

⁷ Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

⁸ Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

⁹ And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

¹⁰ And shown him the two highways?

¹¹ But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

¹² And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

¹³ (It is:) freeing the bondman;

¹⁴ Or the giving of food in a day of privation

¹⁵ To the orphan with claims of relationship,

¹⁶ Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

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

¹⁸ Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

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

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

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