The City, This Countryside — Rashad Khalifa Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I solemnly swear by this town

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

The town where you live

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

The begetting and the begotten

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We created the human being to work hard (to redeem himself)

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one will ever call him to account

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

He boasts, "I spent so much money!"

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one sees him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Did we not give him two eyes

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

A tongue and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Did we not show him the two paths

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

He should choose the difficult path

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Which one is the difficult path

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

The freeing of slaves

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Feeding, during the time of hardship

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Orphans who are related

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or the poor who is in need

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

And being one of those who believe, and exhorting one another to be steadfast, and exhorting one another to be kind

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

These have deserved happiness

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

As for those who disbelieved in our revelations, they have incurred misery

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

They will be confined in the Hellfire

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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