_In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful._
I swear by this COUNTRY--
And thou art a dweller in this country--
And by father and child!
Verily we have created man amid trouble:--
Doth he think that no one shall prevail against him?
He saith “I have squandered riches in abundance:”
Doth he think that no one seeth him?
Have we not made him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips,
And pointed him out the two highways?
Yet he doth not attempt the steep one.
And what shall teach thee what the steep one is?
The ransoming of captives,
Or feeding on the day of famine
The orphan of thy kindred
Or the poor that lieth in the dust;
Finally, to be of those who believe, and enjoin steadfastness on
each other, and enjoin mercy on each other:--
These are the people of the right hand.
And those who disbelieve in our signs, they are the people of the
left:
Over them a Fire closeth.
(xc.)