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(It is:) freeing the bondman;
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And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
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But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
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And shown him the two highways?
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And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-
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Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-
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Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
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He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
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Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
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Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
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And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
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And thou art a freeman of this City;-
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I do call to witness this City;-
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"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
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"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
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"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
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(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
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And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
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For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
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He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"