| Translations | Suras |
| ENGLISH, A. YUSUF ALi | |
90 - The City | |
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. | |
| 1 | Nay I do swear by this City;- |
| 2 | And thou art an inhabitant of this City;- |
| 3 | And the begetter and that he begot;- |
| 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). |
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