Quran — Page 602

SO THAT the Quraysh might remain secure,

secure in their winter and summer journeys,

Let them, therefore, worship the Sustainer of this Temple;

who has given them food against hunger, and made them safe from danger.

HAST THOU ever considered [the kind of man] who gives the lie to all moral law?

Behold, it is this [kind of man] that thrusts the orphan away,

and feels no urge to feed the needy.

Woe, then, unto those praying ones

whose hearts from their prayer are remote

those who want only to be seen and praised,

and, withal, deny all assistance [to their fellow-men]!

BEHOLD, We have bestowed upon thee good in abundance:

hence, pray unto thy Sustainer [alone], and sacrifice [unto Him alone].

Verily, he that hates thee has indeed been cut off [from all that is good]!