The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad · Prophet Muhammad
THE COUNTRY.
_In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful._ I swear by this COUNTRY-- And thou art a dweller in this country-- And by father and child! Verily we have created man amid trouble:-- Doth he think that no one shall prevail against him? He saith “I have squandered riches in abundance:” Doth he think that no one seeth him? Have we not made him two eyes, And a tongue and two lips, And pointed him out the two highways? Yet he doth not attempt the steep one. And what shall teach thee what the steep one is? The ransoming of captives, Or feeding on the day of famine The orphan of thy kindred Or the poor that lieth in the dust; Finally, to be of those who believe, and enjoin steadfastness on each other, and enjoin mercy on each other:-- These are the people of the right hand. And those who disbelieve in our signs, they are the people of the left: Over them a Fire closeth. (xc.) _In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful._ THE SMITING! what is the Smiting? And what shall teach thee what the Smiting is? The Day when men shall be like scattered moths, And the mountains like carded wool! Then as for him whose scales are heavy--his shall be a life well-pleasing. And as for him whose scales are light--his abode shall be the Bottomless Pit. And what shall teach thee what that is? A Raging Fire!
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