any scripture in any conlang

Conlangs Toki Pona
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Sūrat al-ʿAṣr

  1. tenpo li tawa la
  2. jan ale li lon tenpo pakala.
  3. taso jan ni la ala. ona li pilin lon, li pali pona, li toki e lon tawa ona sama, li toki e ken awen tawa ona sama.

ante toki mi li pona ala pona?

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ni li pona a! mi sona ala e lipu Kulan la mi ken sona e kon pi toki ni!

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  1. is “ijo la” a good way to translate “by [something]!” when making an oath? or maybe “mi toki e lon ijo”?
  2. how to translate الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا “alladhīna āmanū”? maybe “li awen e pilin lon” or “li pilin lon”? It means something like “who believed, who secured”
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my first thought would be “lon pona ijo”
“i swear by god”: mi (thing i am swearing to do) lon pona sewi
not sure though

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The letter wāw can be prefixed to a word as a particle of oath (“I swear by”).

وَٱلْعَصْرِ
Allah is saying something like “I swear by the passage of time!” or “By the declining day!”

maybe “mi toki e lon kepeken nimi [ijo]”. I speak the truth using the name of something.

Maybe “mi toki e lon kepeken tenpo pi anpa suno”

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a ni li ken pona…my previous “lon pona __” doesn’t really feel right with “lon pona pi anpa suno” although it could still work. but like pona seme li lon anpa suno • pona li lon sewi • sewi li ken awen e ni • sina pali sama toki sina • anpa suno a li ken ala ni

maybe “lon anpa suno” li ken pona instead of “lon pona pi anpa suno”, or what you suggested could work

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mi la nimi pi lipu Kulan li “kalama sewi”. nanpa wan la ona li kalama tan sewi. nanpa tu la jan li lipu e ona. kon pi sitelen tu wan ق ر أ (Q-R-A) li “kalama”.

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lipu [kase] a… (lipu [ kalama • sewi • ])

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kepeken nimi tenpo la mi wawa toki e lon ni : …

jan ale li lon pakala suli ( li tawa pakala suli )

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Hóı Fú bâq Req! Ma bu zao súna kúıca, ꝡâ fıeq Jí súna chôq mútepuo jeq móq? Juoq saodoı sía áq nạ́huaq báq heo dâ. Duqmıq moısı nîe móerıaq sunabo cháteı, ꝡâ tẹfıeq súna ba. Kûı, ꝡä luı fıeq Jí súna chôq sáı jeq shı, nä sua, ꝡä eq súna kú míechu shı rú koı súna chôq púe jeq rú chuq súna chôq búq jeq rú bua súna gúaq jeq, ꝡä deq sho tuaısha sîna lạ́jıq sụnıe sunabo nô táose sunabo líam lạshı rú síaochu lamụmoecoe da. Nu, ꝡé sukuaı Jí súna hóa, hóı póqme bẹgıo! Sı súna ní sukuaıse zûo, ꝡä deq juq súna zéo po lạ́bushu fâna múao po óesu sıeqca ba.

The Hidden Words (from the Arabic) 68

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I posted a translation in a separate thread, see that thread for translation notes: