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| لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ {١} |
1. I CALL THIS earth to witness -- |
| وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ {٢} |
2. And you are free to live upon it, -- |
| وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ {٣} |
3. And the parent and the offspring, |
| لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ {٤} |
4. That We created man in toil and trouble. |
| أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ {٥} |
5. Does he think that no one has power over him? |
| يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا {٦} |
6. He says: "I have wasted a great deal of wealth." |
| أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ {٧} |
7. Does he think that no one sees him? |
| أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ {٨} |
8. Did We not give him two eyes, |
| وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ {٩} |
9. One tongue, and two lips, |
| وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ {١٠} |
10. And showed him two highways (of good and evil)? |
| فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ {١١} |
11. But he could not scale the steep ascent. |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ {١٢} |
12. How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is? -- |
| فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ {١٣} |
13. To free a neck (from the burden of debt or slavery), |
| أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ {١٤} |
14. Or to feed in times of famine |
| يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ {١٥} |
15. The orphan near in relationship, |
| أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ {١٦} |
16. Or the poor in distress; |
| ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ {١٧} |
17. And to be of those who believe, and urge upon one another to persevere, and urge upon each other to be kind. |
| أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ {١٨} |
18. They are the people of the right hand (and will succeed). |
| وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ {١٩} |
19. But those who deny Our revelations are the people of the left hand: |
| عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ {٢٠} |
20. The Fire will vault them over. |
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