| In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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| I swear by this town, (1)
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لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾
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| as you reside in this town; (2)
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾
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| by the father and him whom he begot: (3)
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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾
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| certainly We created man in travail. (4)
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾
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| Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him? (5)
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾
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| He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’ (6)
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾
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| Does he suppose that no one sees him? (7)
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾
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| Have We not made for him two eyes, (8)
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾
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| a tongue, and two lips, (9)
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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾
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| and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]? (10)
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وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾
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| Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task. (11)
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فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾
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| And what will show you what is the uphill task? (12)
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾
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| [It is] the freeing of a slave, (13)
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾
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| or feeding [the needy] on a day of starvation, (14)
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أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾
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| or an orphan among relatives, (15)
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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾
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| or a needy man in desolation, (16)
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾
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| while being one of those who have faith and who enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion. (17)
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾
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| They are the People of the Right Hand. (18)
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أُولَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾
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| But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand. (19)
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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾
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| [Imposed] upon them will be a closed Fire. (20)[1]
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ﴿٢٠﴾
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