The City, This Countryside — Syed Vickar Ahamed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

I (reference is to Allah) do swear by this City (of Makkah)

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

That you (O Prophet!) are a free-man of this City

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And (with the ties of) parent and child

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Surely, We have created man into hard work and struggle

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Does he think, that no one has power over him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He may (wrongly) say: "I have wasted away a lot of wealth!"

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Does he think that no one oversees him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Have We not made a pair of eyes for him

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And a tongue and a pair of lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And shown him the two highways? (The right and the wrong

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But he has made no haste for the path that is hard

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And what will explain to you the path that is hard

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(It is) freeing the slave

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Or the giving of food in a day of want (and suffering)

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

To the orphan with claims of relationship

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Or to the needy one (down) in the dust

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then will he be (one) of those who believe and practices patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and practices acts of kindness and compassion

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Such are the companions of the right hand

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) companions of the left hand

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

Syed Vickar Ahamed

On them will be the Fire covering over (all around)

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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