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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [16:45] | Afaamina allatheena makaroo alssayyi-atian yakhsifa Allahu bihimu al-arda aw ya/tiyahumualAAathabu min haythu la yashAAuroona |  أفأمن الذين مكروا السيئات أن يخسف الله بهم الأرض أو يأتيهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرونأَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُواْ السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ اللّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | کیا وہ برے مکر و فریب کرنے والے لوگ اس بات سے بے خوف ہو گئے ہیں کہ اللہ انہیں زمین میں دھنسا دے یا (کسی) ایسی جگہ سے ان پر عذاب بھیج دے جس کا انہیں کوئی خیال بھی نہ ہو | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up, or that the Wrath will not seize them from directions they little perceive?-
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| Ahmed Ali | پس کیا وہ لوگ نڈر ہو گئے ہیں جو برے فریب کرتے ہیں اس سے کہ الله انہیں زمین میں دھنسا دے یاان پر عذاب آئے جہاں سے انہیں خبر بھی نہ ہو | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | تو کیا جو لوگ بڑے مکر کرتے ہیں اس سے نہیں ڈرتے کہ اللہ انہیں زمین میں دھنسادے یا انہیں وہاں سے عذاب آئے جہاں سے انہیں خبر نہ ہو، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | کیا پھر بے خوف ہیں وہ جو چالبازیاں کررہے ہیں؟ اس سے کہ دھنسادے اللہ اُن کو زمین میں یا آن پڑے اُن پر عذاب ایسے رُخ سے (جس کے بارے میں) اُنہیں گمان بھی نہ تھا۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کیا جو لوگ بری بری چالیں چلتے ہیں اس بات سے بےخوف ہیں کہ خدا ان کو زمین میں دھنسا دے یا (ایسی طرف سے) ان پر عذاب آجائے جہاں سے ان کو خبر ہی نہ ہو | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | سو کیا نڈر ہو گئے وہ لوگ جو برے فریب (داؤ) کرتے ہیں اس سے کہ دھنسا دیوے اللہ ان کو زمین میں یا آ پہنچے ان پر عذاب جہاں سے خبر نہ رکھتے ہوں | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | پھر کیا وہ لوگ جو (دعوت پیغمبر کی مخالفت میں) بدتر سے بدتر چالیں چل رہے ہیں اِس بات سے بالکل ہی بے خوف ہو گئے ہیں کہ اللہ ان کو زمین میں دھنسا دے، یا ایسے گوشے میں ان پر عذاب لے آئے جدھر سے اس کے آنے کا ان کو وہم و گمان تک نہ ہو | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Did those who cheated/deceived/schemed the sins/crimes trust that God sinks down with them the earth/Planet Earth, or the torture comes to them from where/when they do not feel/know/sense? | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up, or that the Wrath will not seize them from directions they little perceive?- | ||||||
| Pickthal | Are they who plan ill-deeds then secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the doom will not come on them whence they know not? | ||||||
| Arberry | Do they feel secure, those who devise evil things, that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the chastisement will not come upon them, from whence they are not aware? | ||||||
| Shakir | Do they then who plan evil (deeds) feel secure (of this) that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that punishment may not overtake them from whence they do not perceive? | ||||||
| Sarwar | Can they who have devised evil plans expect to be safe from the command of God to the earth to swallow them up, or from a torment which might strike them from an unexpected direction?. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive? | ||||||
| Malik | Do those who plot evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cave in the earth beneath them or that the scourge will not come to them from directions that they did not suspect?[45] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Are they, then, who plan evil (plans), secure that Allah will not abase them in the earth, or that chastisement will not overtake them from whence they perceive not? | ||||||
| Free Minds | Have those who schemed evil guaranteed that God will not make the Earth swallow them, or the retribution come to them from where they do not expect? | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Do those who do evil feel secure that Allah will not make the earth to swallow them, or that the punishment will not fall upon them from where they do not know? | ||||||
| George Sale | Are they who have plotted evil against their prophet secure, that God will not cause the earth to cleave under them, or that a punishment will not come upon them, from whence they do not expect; | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | What! Are they then who have plotted mischiefs, sure that God will not cause the earth to cleave under them? or that a chastisement will not come upon them whence they looked not for it? | ||||||
| Asad | Can, then, they who devise evil schemes' ever feel sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that suffering will not befall them without their perceiving whence [it came]? - | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Did those who scheme evil schemes guarantee that GOD will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the retribution will not come to them when they least expect it? | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Do then those who devise evil plots feel secure that Allah will not sink them into the earth, or that the torment will not seize them from directions they perceive not? | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Can they who devise evil schemes ever feel sure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that suffering will not befall them in ways they could least anticipate? (Such people indeed are going down in their "Self" development). | ||||||
| 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 45 of 128 in chapter 16 | |||||
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