Surah “The City, This Countryside”

I swear (or call to witness) this City (Mecca)

And you (Muhammad) are a dweller of this City

And the (mystic ties) of Parent and Child

We have surely created man in suffering (struggle, trouble, sorrow)

Does he think that none has power over him

He says, "I have squandered wealth in plenty;"

Does he think that no one sees him

Have We not made for him two eye

And a tongue, and two lips

And guided him in the two highways

But he has not attempted the ascent

And what will explain to you the ascent

It is freeing captives (or prisoners, slaves, the restricted or bound)

Or feeding on the day of privation

An orphan who is a kin

Or a destitute lying in the dust (of misery)

And again (it is) to be of those who believe and encourage each other to patience, and encourage each other to mercy

These are the fellows of the right

But those who disbelieve in our signs, they are the fellows of the left

For them is the enclosing Fire