لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Nay, but I do swear by this city — and thou art dwelling in this city — and I swear by the begetter and whom he begot, We have surely created man to face hardships. Does he think that no one has power over him?
[The Holy Qur’an, 90:2–6; translated by Hazrat Maulawi Sher Alira]