The City, This Countryside — Ali Quli Qarai Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Ali Quli Qara'i

I swear by this town

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Ali Quli Qara'i

as you reside in this town

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Ali Quli Qara'i

by the father and him whom he begot

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Ali Quli Qara'i

certainly We created man in travail

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

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Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

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Does he suppose that no one sees him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

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Have We not made for him two eyes

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Ali Quli Qara'i

a tongue, and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Ali Quli Qara'i

and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Ali Quli Qara'i

Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Ali Quli Qara'i

And what will show you what is the uphill task

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Ali Quli Qara'i

[It is] the freeing of a slave

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

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or feeding [the needy] on a day of starvation

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

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or an orphan among relatives

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

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or a needy man in desolation

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Ali Quli Qara'i

while being one of those who have faith and who enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

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They are the People of the Right Hand

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

Ali Quli Qara'i

But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

Ali Quli Qara'i

[Imposed] upon them will be a closed Fire

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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