The City, This Countryside — The Study Quran Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

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Nay, I swear by this land

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

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while thou art free in this land

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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and [by] the begetter, and that which he begat

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

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truly We created man in travail

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

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Does he suppose that none will ever have power over him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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He says, “I have squandered vast wealth!

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

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Does he suppose that no one sees him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

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Did We not make for him two eyes

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

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a tongue, and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

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and guide him upon the two highways

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

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Yet he has not assailed the steep pass

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

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And what will apprise thee of the steep pass

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

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[It is] the freeing of a slave

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

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or giving food at a time of famin

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

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to an orphan near of kin

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

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or an indigent, clinging to the dust

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

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while being one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience, and exhort one another to compassion

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

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Those are the companions of the right

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

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And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the companions of the left

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

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Upon them is a Fire enclosed

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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