| y_ali | asad | literal | tlt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. * | I do call to witness this City;- | NAY! I call to witness this land - | I do not swear/make oath with that, the country/land. | swr+ albld bsm allh alrHmn alrHym ? laaqsm bhXa albld | |||
| 2. * | And thou art a freeman of this City;- | this land in which thou art free to dwell - * | And you are placed in/occupying (residing) at this, the country/land. | want Hl bhXa albld | |||
| 3. * | And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- | and [I call to witness] parent and offspring: * | And a father and what he gave birth (to)/procreated. | wwald wmawld | |||
| 4. * | Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. | Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial. * | We had created the human/mankind in hardship. | lqd Klqna alansan fy kbd | |||
| 5. * | Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? | Does he, then, think that no one has power over him? | Does he think/suppose that no one is capable/over powering on (over) him? | ayHsb an ln yqdr `lyh aHd | |||
| 6. * | He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! | He boasts, "I have spent wealth abundant!" * | He says: "I destroyed/wasted plenty property/possession/wealth." | yqwl ahlkt mala lbda | |||
| 7. * | Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? | Does he, then, think that no one sees him? * | Does he think/suppose that (E) no one sees him? | ayHsb an lm yrh aHd | |||
| 8. * | Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- | Have We not given him two eyes, | Did We not make/create for him two eyes? | alm nj`l lh `ynyn | |||
| 9. * | And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- | and a tongue, and a pair of lips, * | And a tongue, and two lips? | wlsana w$ftyn | |||
| 10. * | And shown him the two highways? | and shown him the two highways [of good and evil]? | And We guided him (to) the two paths/good or bad ? | whdynah alnjdyn | |||
| 11. * | But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. | But he would not try to ascend the steep uphill road... | So he did not rush/force (himself) into the high mountain path/road ? | fla aqtHm al`qb+ | |||
| 12. * | And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- | And what could make thee conceive what it is, that steep uphill road? | And what made you know/informed you what the high mountain path/road (is) ? | wmaadrak maal`qb+ | |||
| 13. * | (It is:) freeing the bondman; | [It is] the freeing of one's neck [from the burden of sin], * | Releasing/freeing a neck/person/slave. | fk rqb+ | |||
| 14. * | Or the giving of food in a day of privation | or the feeding, upon a day of [one's own] hunger, | Or feeding in a day/time of hunger/starvation/famine. | aw aT`am fy ywm Xy msGb+ | |||
| 15. * | To the orphan with claims of relationship, | of an orphan near of kin, | An orphan of a relation/near/close. | ytyma Xa mqrb+ | |||
| 16. * | Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. | or of a needy [stranger] lying in the dust - | Or a poorest of poor/poor oppressed of poverty. | aw mskyna Xa mtrb+ | |||
| 17. * | Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. | and being, withal, of those who have attained to faith, and who enjoin upon one another patience in adversity, and enjoin upon one another compassion. | Then he was from those who believed and directed/commanded each other with the patience, and directed/commanded each other with the mercy/compassion. | xm kan mn alXyn amnwa wtwaSwa balSbr wtwaSwa balmrHm+ | |||
| 18. * | Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. | Such are they that have attained to righteousness; * | Those are the blessings'/right's (side's/hand's) owners/friends/company. | awlYk aSHab almymn+ | |||
| 19. * | But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. | whereas those who are bent on denying the truth of Our messages - they are such as have lost themselves in evil, | And those who disbelieved with Our verses/evidences, they are the bad omen's/left side's owners/friends/company. | walXyn kfrwa bayatna hm aSHab alm$Ym+ | |||
| 20. * | On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). | [with] fire closing in upon them. * | Stationary/residing fire (is) on them. | `lyhm nar mWSd+ | |||