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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [16:21] | Amwatun ghayru ahya-inwama yashAAuroona ayyana yubAAathoona |  أموات غير أحياء وما يشعرون أيان يبعثونأَمْواتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (وہ) مُردے ہیں زندہ نہیں، اور (انہیں اتنا بھی) شعور نہیں کہ (لوگ) کب اٹھائے جائیں گے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | (They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be raised up.
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| Ahmed Ali | وہ تو مردے ہیں جن میں جان نہیں اور وہ نہیں جانتے کہ لوگ کب اٹھائے جائیں گے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | مُردے ہیں زندہ نہیں اور انہیں خبر نہیں لوگ کب اٹھائے جایں گے | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | مردہ ہیں، زندگی سے عاری اور نہیں جانتے کہ کب اُنہیں (دوبارہ) اُٹھایا جائے گا۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | لاشیں ہیں بےجان۔ ان کو یہ بھی تو معلوم نہیں کہ اٹھائے کب جائیں گے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | مردے ہیں جن میں جان نہیں اور نہیں جانتے کب اٹھائے جائیں گے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | مردہ ہیں نہ کہ زندہ اور ان کو کچھ معلوم نہیں ہے کہ انہیں کب (دوبارہ زندہ کر کے) اٹھایا جائے گا | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Deads other than alive, and they do not feel/know/sense when they are being sent/resurrected/revived. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | (They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be raised up. | ||||||
| Pickthal | (They are) dead, not living. And they know not when they will be raised. | ||||||
| Arberry | dead, not alive; and are not aware when they shall be raised. | ||||||
| Shakir | Dead (are they), not living, and they know not when they shall be raised. | ||||||
| Sarwar | They are not living but are dead. They can not know when they will be raised. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | They are, [in fact], dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected. | ||||||
| Malik | They are dead, not living; they do not even know when they will be raised to life again.[21] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Dead (are they), not living. And they know not when they will be raised. | ||||||
| Free Minds | They are dead, not alive, and they will not know when they are resurrected. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | They are dead, not living; and they do not know when they will be raised (to life). | ||||||
| George Sale | They are dead, and not living; neither do they understand when they shall be raised. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Dead are they, lifeless! and they know not When they shall be raised! | ||||||
| Asad | they are dead, not living, and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead! | ||||||
| Khalifa** | They are dead, not alive, and they have no idea how or when they will be resurrected. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | (They are) dead, lifeless, and they know not when they will be raised up. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | (Powerless are the so-called saints, mystics and monks, whom you make holier and holier with the passage of time.) They are dead, disintegrated bodies, not living. They are not even aware when they will be raised. (And you still call upon them for help!) | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 16 - An-Nahl | Showing verse 21 of 128 in chapter 16 | |||||
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