# Surah 90

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> Surah 90
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> Al Balad (The City)
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> In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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> 1.  I do call to witness this City--
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> 2.  And thou art a freeman of this City--
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> 3.  And (the mystic ties of) Parent and Child--
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> 4.  Verily We have created Man into toil and struggle.
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> 5.  Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
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> 6.  He may say (boastfully): "Wealth have I squandered in abundance!"
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> 7.  Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
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> 8.  Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?--
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> 9.  And a tongue, and a pair of lips?--
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> 10.  And shown him the two highways?
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> 11.  But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
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> 12.  And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?--
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> 13.  (It is:) freeing the bondman;
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> 14.  Or the giving of food in a day of privation
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> 15.  To the orphan with claims of relationship,
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> 16.  Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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> 17.  Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
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> 18.  Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
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> 19.  But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) companions of the Left Hand.
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> 20.  On them will be Fire Vaulted over (all round).
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> — *Surah 90*