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I (reference is to Allah) do swear by this City (of Makkah);
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That you (O Prophet!) are a free-man of this City;
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And (with the ties of) parent and child;
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Surely, We have created man into hard work and struggle.
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Does he think, that no one has power over him?
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He may (wrongly) say: "I have wasted away a lot of wealth!"
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Does he think that no one oversees him?
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Have We not made a pair of eyes for him?
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And a tongue and a pair of lips?
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And shown him the two highways? (The right and the wrong)
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But he has made no haste for the path that is hard,
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And what will explain to you the path that is hard?
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(It is) freeing the slave;
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Or the giving of food in a day of want (and suffering),
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To the orphan with claims of relationship,
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Or to the needy one (down) in the dust.
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Then will he be (one) of those who believe and practices patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and practices acts of kindness and compassion.
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Such are the companions of the right hand.
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But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) companions of the left hand.
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On them will be the Fire covering over (all around).