Surah “The City, This Countryside”

as rendered by Musharraf Hussain — 20 verses

90:1
I swear by this city,
90:2
where you, live freely?
90:3
And by a father, and all his offspring!
90:4
Every human We created experiences hardship.
90:5
Does he really think no one has control over him?
90:6
He boasts, “I have spent a huge amount of wealth!”
90:7
Does he really think no one has seen him?
90:8
Haven’t We given him two eyes,
90:9
a tongue and two lips?
90:10
We showed him the two steep paths of good and evil?
90:11
He hasn’t yet set foot on the steep mountain track.
90:12
What can explain to you the mountain track?
90:13
It is to free a slave,
90:14
to feed on a day of severe hunger
90:15
an orphan relative,
90:16
or a penniless and distressed person.
90:17
Only then is he a believer, who instruct each other to be patient and kind.
90:18
They will get Book of Deeds in the right hand.
90:19
But those who denied Our signs, will get it in the left hand,
90:20
the Fire closing in around them