The City, This Countryside — Bijan Moeinian Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I (God) swear by this very city of Mecca

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

That you (Mohammad) are not responsible for what the citizens of Mecca are doing

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

You (Mohammad) are not responsible for the behavior of neither the parents nor the sons of anyone

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

It is true that man has been created with a psychological trait…

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

… that he thinks that he is the most powerful one and that no one can overpower him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

He proudly brags about how much money he has spent upon his vices [gambling, sex, bribes, etc.]

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does not he realize that God is watching

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Does man not realize that it is I (God) who have given him a pair of eyes [to see the right and the wrong], a tongue [to tell the truth or to lie] and…

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

…. two lips [ to let the tongue witness the truth or to hide the truth]

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Does man not realize that I (God) have clearly indicated to him that there are two paths in life to pave

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

What a shame that man does not chose the path which is going upward to Heaven

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

If you want to know.

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

…. what type of actions will put the man in the right path,…

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

… the answer is very easy: Freeing a slave [in any form and shape] and…

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

…. feeding a hungry person (no matter if he is an orphan whom you know or…

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

a stranger which is stricken by poverty)

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

The one who engages in the type of actions which pleases God deserves to be led to the straight path. Such a person will be rewarded with belief and will invite his fellow believer to be patient when they are overpowered and to be merciful when they have the upper hand

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Such people will be gathered on the right hand side of the God [on the Day of Judgment] to be taken to the Heaven

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

As for those who deny the invitation of God to pave the right path, they will be gathered on the left hand side…

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

…of the God [on the Day of Judgment] to be taken to the Hell where they will be engulfed by the Fire

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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