I swear by this land!

— And thou art a freeman in this land —

And by the begetter and what he begot!

We have created man into adversity.

Thinks he that none has power over him?

He says: “I have spent abundant wealth!”

Thinks he that none has seen him?

Have We not made for him two eyes,

And a tongue, and two lips,

And guided him on the two highways?

But he has not attempted the steep path.

And what will convey to thee what the steep path is?

The freeing of a slave,

Or feeding in a day of starvation

A fatherless relation

Or one needy in misery

Then being among those who heed warning, and counsel one another to patience, and counsel one another to compassion.

Those are the companions of the right.

But those who deny Our proofs — they are the companions of the left.

Upon them will a Fire be closed in.