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90:1  I (reference is to Allah) do swear by this City (of Makkah)
90:2  That you (O Prophet!) are a free-man of this City
90:3  And (with the ties of) parent and child
90:4  Surely, We have created man into hard work and struggle
90:5  Does he think, that no one has power over him
90:6  He may (wrongly) say: "I have wasted away a lot of wealth!"
90:7  Does he think that no one oversees him
90:8  Have We not made a pair of eyes for him
90:9  And a tongue and a pair of lips
90:10  And shown him the two highways? (The right and the wrong
90:11  But he has made no haste for the path that is hard
90:12  And what will explain to you the path that is hard
90:13  (It is) freeing the slave
90:14  Or the giving of food in a day of want (and suffering)
90:15  To the orphan with claims of relationship
90:16  Or to the needy one (down) in the dust
90:17  Then will he be (one) of those who believe and practices patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and practices acts of kindness and compassion
90:18  Such are the companions of the right hand
90:19  But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) companions of the left hand
90:20  On them will be the Fire covering over (all around)