The City, This Countryside — Dr Mohammad Tahir Ul Qadri Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

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I swear by this city (Mecca)

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

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(O My Esteemed Beloved,) because you are residing in it.

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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(O My Esteemed Beloved!) By (your) father (Adam or Ibrahim [Abraham]) and by those who are born,

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

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Indeed, We have created man (ever suffering) in rigours

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

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Does he think that no one can ever overpower him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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(Boasting,) he says: ‘I have spent heaps of wealth.

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

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Does he think that no one has seen him (making this extravagant spending)

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

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And (have We not given him) a tongue and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

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And (have We also not) shown him the two highways (of good and evil)

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

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But he has not yet attempted the steep ascent (of the Din [Religion]) of truth and the practical life dedicated to good and piety)

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

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And what have you thought of the steep ascent (of the rigours of the Din [Religion] of truth)

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

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It is freeing a neck (from slavery and subjugation)

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

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Or feeding on a day of scarcity (the poor and the needy during famine and scarcity i.e., striving to put an end to their sufferings and economic crises)

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

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The orphaned relative

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

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Or the poverty-stricken destitute who is completely rundown (and homeless)

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

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(Provided this striving soul is) one of those who believe and advise one another patience and tolerance and urge one another for mutual affection and mercy

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

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These are the people of the Right Hand (i.e., the privileged and the pardoned)

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

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And those who reject Our signs are the people of the Left Hand (the callous and the doomed)

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

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Fire will be enclosed upon them (covering from all sides)

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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