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90:1  Oh, I attest by this city [of Mecca] to witness.
90:2  You [Prophet Muhammed] are free from restriction in this city…
90:3  …and a parent and child.
90:4  Truly, We have created humanity into struggle.
90:5  Does he/she not think that there is a greater power above him/her?
90:6  He/she may boast, “I have spent abundant wealth.”
90:7  Does he/she not think that someone sees?
90:8  Have We not made for each person a pair of eyes [in order to see the right way]?
90:9  [Have We not made] a tongue [with which to ask for guidance], and two lips [with which to speak truth]?
90:10  [Have We not] shown him/her the two roads?
90:11  But (humanity) has made no haste on the road that is high.
90:12  What will explain what is meant by “the road that is high”?
90:13  It is giving freedom to the enslaved.
90:14  It is giving food during a time of famine.
90:15  [It is providing] for the orphaned relative…
90:16  …or any poor person in dire need.
90:17  Then he/she is among the believers and endorses patience and compassion.
90:18  Such people are the companions of the right hand.
90:19  Those who reject Our signs, however, are the companions of the left hand.
90:20  Over them will be walls of fire.