| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The City, This Countryside(al-Balad)
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| 90:1 | | NAY! I call to witness this land &ndash |
| 90:1 | | NAY! I call to witness this land &ndash |
| 90:2 | | this land in which thou art free to dwell |
| 90:2 | | this land in which thou art free to dwell |
| 90:3 | | and [I call to witness] parent and offspring |
| 90:3 | | and [I call to witness] parent and offspring |
| 90:4 | | Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial |
| 90:4 | | Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial |
| 90:5 | | Does he, then, think that no one has power over him |
| 90:5 | | Does he, then, think that no one has power over him |
| 90:6 | | He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" |
| 90:6 | | He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" |
| 90:7 | | Does he, then, think that no one sees him |
| 90:7 | | Does he, then, think that no one sees him |
| 90:8 | | Have We not given him two eyes |
| 90:8 | | Have We not given him two eyes |
| 90:9 | | and a tongue, and a pair of lips |
| 90:9 | | and a tongue, and a pair of lips |
| 90:10 | | and shown him the two highways [of good and evil] |
| 90:10 | | and shown him the two highways [of good and evil] |
| 90:11 | | But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road.. |
| 90:11 | | But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road.. |
| 90:12 | | And what could make thee conceive what it is, that steep uphill road |
| 90:12 | | And what could make thee conceive what it is, that steep uphill road |
| 90:13 | | [It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin] |
| 90:13 | | [It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin] |
| 90:14 | | or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger |
| 90:14 | | or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger |
| 90:15 | | of an orphan near of kin |
| 90:15 | | of an orphan near of kin |
| 90:16 | | or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust &ndash |
| 90:16 | | or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust &ndash |
| 90:17 | | and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion |
| 90:17 | | and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion |
| 90:18 | | Such are they that have attained to righteousness |
| 90:18 | | Such are they that have attained to righteousness |
| 90:19 | | whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages – they are such as have lost themselves in evil |
| 90:19 | | whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages – they are such as have lost themselves in evil |
| 90:20 | | [with] fire closing in upon them |
| 90:20 | | [with] fire closing in upon them |
