| | Bijan Moeinian rendition of Surah The City, This Countryside(al-Balad)
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| 90:1 | | I (God) swear by this very city of Mecca |
| 90:2 | | That you (Mohammad) are not responsible for what the citizens of Mecca are doing |
| 90:3 | | You (Mohammad) are not responsible for the behavior of neither the parents nor the sons of anyone |
| 90:4 | | It is true that man has been created with a psychological trait… |
| 90:5 | | … that he thinks that he is the most powerful one and that no one can overpower him |
| 90:6 | | He proudly brags about how much money he has spent upon his vices [gambling, sex, bribes, etc.] |
| 90:7 | | Does not he realize that God is watching |
| 90:8 | | Does man not realize that it is I (God) who have given him a pair of eyes [to see the right and the wrong], a tongue [to tell the truth or to lie] and&hellip |
| 90:9 | | …. two lips [ to let the tongue witness the truth or to hide the truth] |
| 90:10 | | Does man not realize that I (God) have clearly indicated to him that there are two paths in life to pave |
| 90:11 | | What a shame that man does not chose the path which is going upward to Heaven |
| 90:12 | | If you want to know. |
| 90:13 | | …. what type of actions will put the man in the right path,… |
| 90:14 | | … the answer is very easy: Freeing a slave [in any form and shape] and… |
| 90:15 | | …. feeding a hungry person (no matter if he is an orphan whom you know or&hellip |
| 90:16 | | a stranger which is stricken by poverty) |
| 90:17 | | The one who engages in the type of actions which pleases God deserves to be led to the straight path. Such a person will be rewarded with belief and will invite his fellow believer to be patient when they are overpowered and to be merciful when they have the upper hand |
| 90:18 | | Such people will be gathered on the right hand side of the God [on the Day of Judgment] to be taken to the Heaven |
| 90:19 | | As for those who deny the invitation of God to pave the right path, they will be gathered on the left hand side&hellip |
| 90:20 | | …of the God [on the Day of Judgment] to be taken to the Hell where they will be engulfed by the Fire |
