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1.  *     I swear by this territory,
 
2.  *     -- and thou, O prophet, residest in this territory, --
 
3.  *     and by the begetter, and that which He hath begotten;
 
4.  *     verily We have created man in misery.
 
5.  *     Doth he think that none shall prevail over him?
 
6.  *     He saith, I have wasted plenty of riches.
 
7.  *     Doth he think that none seeth him?
 
8.  *     Have we not made him two eyes,
 
9.  *     and a tongue, and two lips;
 
10.  *     and shewn him the two highways of good and evil?
 
11.  *     Yet he attempteth not the cliff.
 
12.  *     What shall make thee to understand what the cliff is?
 
13.  *     It is to free the captive;
 
14.  *     or to feed, in the day of famine,
 
15.  *     the orphan who is of kin,
 
16.  *     or the poor man who lieth on the ground.
 
17.  *     Whoso doth this, and is one of those who believe, and recommend perseverance unto each other, and recommend mercy unto each other;
 
18.  *     these shall be the companions of the right-hand.
 
19.  *     But they who shall disbelieve our signs, shall be the companions of the left-hand:
 
20.  *     Above them shall be arched fire.