- Nay, I swear by this city -
- And thou art an indweller of this city -
- And the begetter and that which he begat,
- We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
- Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
- And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
- Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
- Did We not assign unto him two eyes
- And a tongue and two lips,
- And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
- But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
- (It is) to free a slave,
- And to feed in the day of hunger.
- An orphan near of kin,
- Or some poor wretch in misery,
- And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to
perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
- Their place will be on the right hand.
- But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be
on the left hand.
- Fire will be an awning over them.