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1.  *     Nay, I swear by this city -
 
2.  *     And thou art an indweller of this city -
 
3.  *     And the begetter and that which he begat,
 
4.  *     We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
 
5.  *     Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
 
6.  *     And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
 
7.  *     Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
 
8.  *     Did We not assign unto him two eyes
 
9.  *     And a tongue and two lips,
 
10.  *     And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?
 
11.  *     But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
 
12.  *     Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
 
13.  *     (It is) to free a slave,
 
14.  *     And to feed in the day of hunger.
 
15.  *     An orphan near of kin,
 
16.  *     Or some poor wretch in misery,
 
17.  *     And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
 
18.  *     Their place will be on the right hand.
 
19.  *     But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
 
20.  *     Fire will be an awning over them.