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90:1  Nay! I swear by this cit
90:2  – this city wherein you have been rendered violable
90:3  and I swear by the parent and his offspring
90:4  Verily We have created man into toil and hardship
90:5  Does he think that no one can overpower him
90:6  He says: "I have squandered enormous wealth."
90:7  Does he believe that none has seen him
90:8  Did We not grant him two eyes
90:9  and a tongue and two lips
90:10  And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)
90:11  But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep
90:12  And what do you know what that difficult steep is
90:13  It is freeing someone´s neck from slavery
90:14  or giving food on a day of hunge
90:15  to an orphan near of kin
90:16  or to a destitute lying in dust
90:17  and, then besides this, he be one of those who believed, and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another compassion
90:18  These are the People of the Right Hand
90:19  As for those who rejected Our Signs, they are the People of the Left Hand
90:20  Upon them shall be a Fire that will hem them in