The City, This Countryside — Ali Aoenal Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I swear by this (sacred) city (Makkah)

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

– And you (O Messenger) are a dweller in this city. –

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And by him (Abraham) who begets, and him (Muhammad) whom he begot

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have assuredly created human in (a life of) trial and hardship

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Does human think that no one has power over him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

He says: "I have consumed abundant wealth!"

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does he, then, think that no one ever sees him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

And shown him the two ways (one to follow and one to avoid)

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Yet he makes no effort to make the ascent

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

What enables you to perceive what the ascent is

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a bondsman (a slave or a captive)

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Or feeding, on a day of privation

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

An orphan near of kin

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or a poor wretch in misery

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

And being, besides, of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to pity and compassion

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Those are they who are the people of happiness and prosperity (who will be given their Records in their right hands on Judgment Day)

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

But those who disbelieve in Our Revelations – they are the people of wretchedness (who will be given their Records in their left hands)

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

On them is Fire closed over

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

Export 20 verses as:

CSV JSON PDF MD TXT XML BibTeX RIS RSS Excel

← The Dawn, Daybreak The Sun →