90. Al-Balad (This Countryside)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

90:1	Nay! I swear by this city.
90:2	And you shall be made free from obligation in this city --
90:3	And the begetter and whom he begot.
90:4	Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
90:5	Does he think that no one has power over him?
90:6	He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
90:7	Does he think that no one sees him?
90:8	Have We not given him two eyes,
90:9	And a tongue and two lips,
90:10	And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
90:11	But he would not attempt the uphill road,
90:12	And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
90:13	(It is) the setting free of a slave,
90:14	Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
90:15	To an orphan, having relationship,
90:16	Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
90:17	Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
90:18	These are the people of the right hand.
90:19	And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
90:20	On them is fire closed over. < Back       Chapters       Forward >