20 verses · revealed in Mecca
لَآ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ
1. I do call to witness this City
وَاَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ
2. And thou art a freeman of this City
وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَۙ
3. And (the mystic ties of) parent and child
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ فِيْ كَبَدٍۗ
4. Verily We have created man into toil and struggle
اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّنْ يَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ اَحَدٌ ۘ
5. Thinketh he, that none hath power over him
يَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاۗ
6. He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance
اَيَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّمْ يَرَهٗٓ اَحَدٌۗ
7. Thinketh he that none beholdeth him
اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَيْنَيْنِۙ
8. Have We not made for him a pair of eyes
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