Surah “The City, This Countryside”

as rendered by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — 20 verses

I swear by this city
__and (O Prophet,) you are going to be allowed (to fight) in this city
and by the father and all those he begot
indeed We have created man (to live) in hard struggle
Does he think that no one has power over him
He says, .I have spent a lot of wealth
Does he think that no one has seen him
Did We not make for him two eyes
and one tongue and two lips
and showed him the two ways
Yet he did not make his way through the steep course,_ _
__ And what may let you know what the steep course is
(It is) freeing of the neck of a slave
or giving food in a day of hunger
to an orphan near of kin
or to a needy person lying in dust
___ then he did not join those who believe and advise each other to be patient and advise each other to be merciful
Those are the People of the Right Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their right hands
As for those who reject Our verses, they are the People of the Left Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their left hands.
Upon them will be the Fire, enveloping them with closed exits