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NAY! I call to witness this land –
No! I swear by this land
I do call to witness this City;
Source Arabic and Literal tools
 لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
uq’simu bihādhā l-baladi
No! I ˹Allah˺ do swear by this city ˹of Makkah˺
Nay! I swear by this city,
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
NAY! I call to witness this land –
Nay, I swear by this city
I do call to witness this City;
I do swear by this city ˹of Mecca˺—
I swear by this town,
I swear by this cit
Nay! I swear by this city
I swear an oath by this land
I swear by [this] countryside,
I swear by this city (Makkah, where it is prohibited to harm anyone),
Nay! I swear by this territory—
Nay, I swear by this land
I swear by this city.
I swear by this land
Nay! I bring to witness this city (Makka)
I swear by this city
No! I swear by this country, - (Or: city
I do not (need to) swear by this town (Mecca)
I swear by this city
Nay, I present this very Town as witness
I swear by (the sanctity of) this town (of Makkah)
I (reference is to Allah) do swear by this City (of Makkah)
I swear by this city, Makkah
I do swear by this land.
I swear by this city––
I swear by yonder cit
I CALL THIS earth to witness -
I swear by this city —
I swear by this (sacred) city (Makkah)
I swear by this town
I swear (or call to witness) this City (Mecca)
I swear by this land
I call to witness this city
I swear by this city,
Nay! I swear by this cit
No! I do swear by this City
Controversial or status undetermined works
I swear by this City;
I solemnly swear by this town
No, I swear by this country (Mecca)
Nay, I call to witness this City
I do not swear/make oath with that, the country/land
I (God) swear by this very city of Mecca
I swear by this city (Mecca)
Nay, I cite as witness this City
I swear by this land.
I swear by this city (Mecca)
Nay, (it will never happen as the disbelievers desire.) I do swear by this city (of Makkah)
I swear by this city (Makkah)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
No! I swear by this land
I swear by this territory
I need not swear by the Lord of this land
I NEED not to swear by this SOIL
I SWEAR by this cit
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
I swear by (Laa' Uq'simu Bi) this (Haaza) land (El'Balad)*;
Indeed I swear by this city.
I (do not need to) swear by this town (Mecca):
I swear by this city.
No! I swear by this city,
Oh, I attest by this city [of Mecca] to witness.
I swear by [this] countryside (Mecca),
Nay, I swear by this Town.
I swear by this city,
I swear by this town,
I swear by this city
I swear by this city (the world in which I live)...
Nay! I swear by this city;
I swear by this town,
"No, I swear by this citty (of Makkah) --"
I swear by this sacred town -Macca
No, I do swear by this city (Mecca),
I swear by this land.
Obsolete and/or older editions
I do call to witness this City;
I do swear by this land.
I swear by this land
Nay! I swear by this city
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi