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XCIII, 6-XCV, 1.
THE CHAPTER OF THE FIG.
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shelter ? and find thee erring, and guide thee? and find thee poor with a family, and nourish thee?
But as for the orphan oppress him not; [10] and as for the beggar drive him not away; and as for the favour of thy Lord discourse thereof.
THE CHAPTER OF "HAVE WE NOT EXPANDED ?'
(XCIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Have we not expanded for thee thy breast?? and set down from thee thy load which galled thy back ? and exalted for thee thy renown?
[5] Verily, with difficulty is ease! verily, with difficulty is ease!
And when thou art at leisure then toil, and for thy Lord do thou yearn!
THE CHAPTER OF THE FIG.
(XCV. Place of origin doubtful.) · In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
By the fig! And by the olive!
1 I. e. expanded it for the reception of the truth. Taking the words literally some Muslims have supposed it to refer to the legend, that the angel Gabriel appeared to Mohammed while he was a child, and having cut open his breast took out his heart, and cleansed it from the black drop of original sin. This explanation is, however, rejected by the more sensible of the orthodox Muslim divines.
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