The City, This Countryside — Thomas Cleary Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The City

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I swear by this city

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

-and you are a free dweller in this cityÂ

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

and by the begetter and the begotten:

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

surely We have created humanity in difficulty.

Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Do they think no one has power over them?

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

They say they have spent much wealth;

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

do they think no one sees them?

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have we not given them two eyes,

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

and a tongue, and two lips?

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

And We showed them the two highways.

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

But they have not embarked upon the steep road.

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Arid what will convey to you what the steep road is?

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Emancipating a slave,

Fakku raqabatin

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

or feeding on a day of hunger

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

an orphaned relative

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

or a pauper in misery.

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Then one will be of those who believe, and enjoin patience on one another, and exhort each other to kindness:

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

they are the company on the Right Hand.

Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

But those who repudiate our signs, they are the company on the Left Hand:

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

over them will be a vault of fire.

AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun

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