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1.  *     I do call to witness this City;-
 
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).