| y_ali | |
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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). |