| | Safi Kaskas rendition of Surah The City, This Countryside(al-Balad)
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| 90:1 | | I swear by this town, |
| 90:1 | | I swear by this town, |
| 90:2 | | and you [Prophet] are free to dwell in this town, |
| 90:2 | | and you [Prophet] are free to dwell in this town, |
| 90:3 | | And [I swear by] a father and his offspring, |
| 90:3 | | And [I swear by] a father and his offspring, |
| 90:4 | | We have created human being for a life of hardship. |
| 90:4 | | We have created human being for a life of hardship. |
| 90:5 | | Does he thinks that no one will have power over him? |
| 90:5 | | Does he thinks that no one will have power over him? |
| 90:6 | | "I have wasted much money," he says, |
| 90:6 | | "I have wasted much money," he says, |
| 90:7 | | Does he think that no one sees him? |
| 90:7 | | Does he 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 two lips |
| 90:9 | | And a tongue and two lips |
| 90:10 | | and have shown him the two ways [of good and evil]? |
| 90:10 | | and have shown him the two ways [of good and evil]? |
| 90:11 | | But he did not take the difficult path. |
| 90:11 | | But he did not take the difficult path. |
| 90:12 | | And how would you know what is the difficult path? |
| 90:12 | | And how would you know what is the difficult path? |
| 90:13 | | It is to free a slave, |
| 90:13 | | It is to free a slave, |
| 90:14 | | or to feed on a day of hunger |
| 90:14 | | or to feed on a day of hunger |
| 90:15 | | an orphaned relative |
| 90:15 | | an orphaned relative |
| 90:16 | | or a needy person in distress. |
| 90:16 | | or a needy person in distress. |
| 90:17 | | Then to become one of those who believe and urge one another to endure and to urge each other to be compassionate. |
| 90:17 | | Then to become one of those who believe and urge one another to endure and to urge each other to be compassionate. |
| 90:18 | | Those are the people of righteousness. |
| 90:18 | | Those are the people of righteousness. |
| 90:19 | | But those who defy Our revelations are the people of despair. |
| 90:19 | | But those who defy Our revelations are the people of despair. |
| 90:20 | | With the fire closing in above them. |
| 90:20 | | With the fire closing in above them. |
