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1.  *     I solemnly swear by this town.
 
2.  *     The town where you live.
 
3.  *     The begetting and the begotten.
 
4.  *     We created the human being to work hard (to redeem himself).
 
5.  *     Does he think that no one will ever call him to account?
 
6.  *     He boasts, "I spent so much money!"
 
7.  *     Does he think that no one sees him?
 
8.  *     Did we not give him two eyes?
 
9.  *     A tongue and two lips?
 
10.  *     Did we not show him the two paths?
 
11.  *     He should choose the difficult path.
 
12.  *     Which one is the difficult path?
 
13.  *     The freeing of slaves.
 
14.  *     Feeding, during the time of hardship.
 
15.  *     Orphans who are related.
 
16.  *     Or the poor who is in need.
 
17.  *     And being one of those who believe, and exhorting one another to be steadfast, and exhorting one another to be kind.
 
18.  *     These have deserved happiness.
 
19.  *     As for those who disbelieved in our revelations, they have incurred misery.
 
20.  *     They will be confined in the Hellfire.