Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 90. Sayfa

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 90:

 

AL-BALAD (THE CITY, THIS COUNTRYSIDE)

 

Total Verses: 20

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

090.001

YUSUFALI: I do call to witness this City;-

PICKTHAL: Nay, I swear by this city -

SHAKIR: Nay! I swear by this city.

 

090.002

YUSUFALI: And thou art a freeman of this City;-

PICKTHAL: And thou art an indweller of this city -

SHAKIR: And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--

 

090.003

YUSUFALI: And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-

PICKTHAL: And the begetter and that which he begat,

SHAKIR: And the begetter and whom he begot.

 

090.004

YUSUFALI: Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

PICKTHAL: We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

SHAKIR: Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

 

090.005

YUSUFALI: Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

PICKTHAL: Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

SHAKIR: Does he think that no one has power over him?

 

090.006

YUSUFALI: He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

PICKTHAL: And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

SHAKIR: He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

 

090.007

YUSUFALI: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

PICKTHAL: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

SHAKIR: Does he think that no one sees him?

 

090.008

YUSUFALI: Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

PICKTHAL: Did We not assign unto him two eyes

SHAKIR: Have We not given him two eyes,

 

090.009

YUSUFALI: And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

PICKTHAL: And a tongue and two lips,

SHAKIR: And a tongue and two lips,

 

090.010

YUSUFALI: And shown him the two highways?

PICKTHAL: And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

SHAKIR: And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

 

090.011

YUSUFALI: But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

PICKTHAL: But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

SHAKIR: But he would not attempt the uphill road,

 

090.012

YUSUFALI: And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

PICKTHAL: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

SHAKIR: And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?

 

090.013

YUSUFALI: (It is:) freeing the bondman;

PICKTHAL: (It is) to free a slave,

SHAKIR: (It is) the setting free of a slave,

 

090.014

YUSUFALI: Or the giving of food in a day of privation

PICKTHAL: And to feed in the day of hunger.

SHAKIR: Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

 

090.015

YUSUFALI: To the orphan with claims of relationship,

PICKTHAL: An orphan near of kin,

SHAKIR: To an orphan, having relationship,

 

090.016

YUSUFALI: Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

PICKTHAL: Or some poor wretch in misery,

SHAKIR: Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

 

090.017

YUSUFALI: Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.

PICKTHAL: And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

SHAKIR: Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.

 

090.018

YUSUFALI: Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

PICKTHAL: Their place will be on the right hand.

SHAKIR: These are the people of the right hand.

 

090.019

YUSUFALI: But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

PICKTHAL: But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

SHAKIR: And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.

 

090.020

YUSUFALI: On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).

PICKTHAL: Fire will be an awning over them.

SHAKIR: On them is fire closed over.

 

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