The City, This Countryside — Faridul Haque Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I swear by this city (Mecca)

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And by oath of your forefather Ibrahim, and by you - his illustrious son

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have indeed created man surrounded by hardships

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Does man think that no one will ever have power over him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.”

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does man think that no one saw him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Did We not make two eyes for him

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

And did We not guide him to the two elevated things

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

And what have you understood, what the valley is

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

The freeing of a slave

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Or the feeding on a day of hunger

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Of a related orphan

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or of a homeless needy person

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

These are the people of the right

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

Upon them is a fire, in which they are imprisoned, closed and shut above them

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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