The City, This Countryside — Ahmed Hulusi Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I swear by this city (the world in which I live)...

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

That you are free of restriction herein!

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And (I swear) by the One who gives birth (to man) and that which is born of him,

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have certainly created man in stages of difficulty!

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Does he now think that none can overpower him?

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

He says, “I have spent much wealth.”

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does he think nobody can see him?

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Did We not form two eyes for him?

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

A tongue and two lips...

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

And showed him the two ways (of falsity and Truth)!

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

But he did not have (the courage) to climb that steep hill!

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Do you know what that steep hill is?

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is to liberate from slavery (to free consciousness from its enslavement to the body)!

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Or to feed another while hungry!

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

(To feed) an orphan of near relation.

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or to feed the impoverished one who is in distress.

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

And then to be of those who believe and advise patience and mercy to one another.

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

These are the people of the right (the fortunate ones).

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

But those who deny Our signs, they are the people of the left (the unfortunate ones).

Waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatina hum as-habu almash-amati

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

They are enclosed and trapped in Fire!

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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