Indeed I swear by this city.
And by the fact that you dwell in this city.
And by a parent and that which he has begotten;
We have surely created the human being into a life of striving.
Does he think that no one ever has power over him?
He says, “I have wasted wealth in abundance.”
Does he think that no one ever saw him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips?
And have We not guided him to the two ways?
If only he assailed the obstacle?
And what do you know about what the obstacle is?
It is freeing a soul in bondage,
or feeding on a day of dire hunger,
to orphans who are near of kin,
or a needy one in a state most abject.
And above all he was among those who believed and mutually enjoined the patience and mutually enjoined the mercy.
These are the people of the right hand.
And as for those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the people of the left hand.
Upon them is a fire immured.