| 1 | I swear by this city (Makkah);
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| 2 | And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah) ,
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| 3 | And by the begetter (i.e. Adam ) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny);
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| 4 | Verily, We have created man in toil.
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| 5 | Thinks he that none can overcome him?
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| 6 | He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
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| 7 | Thinks he that none sees 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 ways (good and evil)?
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| 11 | But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.
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| 12 | And what will make you know the path that is steep?
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| 13 | (It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)
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| 14 | Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
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| 15 | To an orphan near of kin.
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| 16 | Or to a Miskeen (poor) afflicted with misery.
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| 17 | Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
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| 18 | They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise),
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| 19 | But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
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| 20 | The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
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