Surah “The City, This Countryside”

I swear by this city (Mecca)

For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city

And by oath of your forefather Ibrahim, and by you - his illustrious son

We have indeed created man surrounded by hardships

Does man think that no one will ever have power over him

He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.”

Does man think that no one saw him

Did We not make two eyes for him

And a tongue and two lips

And did We not guide him to the two elevated things

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley

And what have you understood, what the valley is

The freeing of a slave

Or the feeding on a day of hunger

Of a related orphan

Or of a homeless needy person

And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another

These are the people of the right

And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left

Upon them is a fire, in which they are imprisoned, closed and shut above them