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| لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ {١} |
1. I swear by yonder city |
| وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ {٢} |
2. And thou shalt be allowed in yonder city - |
| وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ {٣} |
3. And by the begetter and that which he begat, |
| لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ {٤} |
4. Assuredly We have created man in trouble. |
| أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ {٥} |
5. Deemest he that none will overpower him? |
| يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا {٦} |
6. He saith: ´I have wasted riches plenteous. |
| أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ {٧} |
7. Deemest he that none beholdeth him? |
| أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ {٨} |
8. Have We not, made for him two eyes |
| وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ {٩} |
9. And a tongue and two lips, |
| وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ {١٠} |
10. And shown Unto him the two highways? |
| فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ {١١} |
11. Yet he attempteth not the steep, |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ {١٢} |
12. And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is? |
| فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ {١٣} |
13. It is freeing the neck, |
| أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ {١٤} |
14. Or, feeding, in a day of privation, |
| يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ {١٥} |
15. An orphan, of kin, |
| أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ {١٦} |
16. Or a poor man cleaving to the dust. |
| ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ {١٧} |
17. Then he became of those who believed and enjoined on each other steadfastness and enjoined on each other compassion. |
| أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ {١٨} |
18. These are the fellows of the righthand. |
| وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ {١٩} |
19. And those who disbelieve Our signs - they are the fellows of the lefthand. |
| عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ {٢٠} |
20. Over them shall be Fire closing round. |
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