The City, This Countryside — Dr Laleh Bakhtiar Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

I swear an oath by this land

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

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thou art allowed in this land

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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and by ones who are your parents and what is procreated,

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

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truly, We created the human being in trouble.

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

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Assumes he that none has power over him?

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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He says: I have caused abundant wealth to perish.

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

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Assumes he that none sees him?

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

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Make we not two eyes for him

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

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and a tongue and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

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and guided him to the two open highways?

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

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Yet he rushed not onto the steep ascent.

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

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What will cause thee to recognize what the steep ascent is?

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

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It is the liberating of a bondsperson

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

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or feeding on a day possessing famine

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

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an orphan, possessor of kinship,

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

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or a needy, possessor of misery.

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

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Again, it had been among those who believed and counseled one another to having patience and counseled one another to clemency.

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

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Those will be the Companions of the Right.

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

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But they who were ungrateful for Our signs they will be the Companions of the Left

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

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and over them will be fire, that which is closing in.

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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