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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [17:100] | Qul law antum tamlikoona khaza-inarahmati rabbee ithan laamsaktum khashyata al-infaqiwakana al-insanu qatooran |  قل لو أنتم تملكون خزائن رحمة ربي إذا لأمسكتم خشية الإنفاق وكان الإنسان قتوراقُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّي إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنفَاقِ وَكَانَ الإنسَانُ قَتُورًا | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | فرما دیجئے: اگر تم میرے رب کی رحمت کے خزانوں کے مالک ہوتے تو تب بھی (سب) خرچ ہوجانے کے خوف سے تم (اپنے ہاتھ) روکے رکھتے، اور انسان بہت ہی تنگ دل اور بخیل واقع ہوا ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for man is (every) niggardly!"
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| Ahmed Ali | کہہ دو اگر میرے رب کی رحمت کے خزانے تمہارے ہاتھ میں ہوتے تو تم انہیں خرچ ہو جانے کے ڈر سے بند ہی کر رکھتے اور انسان بڑا تنگ دل ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | تم فرماؤ اگر تم لوگ میرے رب کی رحمت کے خزانوں کے مالک ہوتے تو انہیں بھی روک رکھتے اس ڈر سے کہ خرچ نہ ہوجائیں، اور آدمی بڑا کنجوس ہے، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اِن سے کہہ دیجیے اگر تم مالک ہوتے میرے رب کی رحمت کے خزانوں کے تو پھر ضرور روک لیتے تم اُنھیں خرچ ہونے کے ڈر سے۔ اور انسان تو ہے ہی بڑا تنگ دل۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کہہ دو کہ اگر میرے پروردگار کی رحمت کے خزانے تمہارے ہاتھ میں ہوتے تو تم خرچ ہوجانے کے خوف سے (ان کو) بند رکھتے۔ اور انسان دل کا بہت تنگ ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | کہہ اگر تمہارے ہاتھ میں ہوتے میرے رب کی رحمت کے خزانے تو ضرور بند کر رکھتے اس ڈر سے کہ خرچ نہ ہو جائیں اور ہے انسان دل کا تنگ | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اے محمدؐ، اِن سے کہو، اگر کہیں میرے رب کی رحمت کے خزانے تمہارے قبضے میں ہوتے تو تم خرچ ہو جانے کے اندیشے سے ضرور ان کو روک رکھتے واقعی انسان بڑا تنگ دل واقع ہوا ہے | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Say: "If you own/possess my Lord's safes/storages (of) mercy, then you would have held/seized (E) fear (of) the spending/expenditure (poverty), and the human was/is miserly/stingy." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for man is (every) niggardly!" | ||||||
| Pickthal | Say (unto them): If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man was ever grudging. | ||||||
| Arberry | Say: 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's mercy, yet would you hold back for fear of expending; and man is ever niggardly.' | ||||||
| Shakir | Say: If you control the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold (them) from fear of spending, and man is niggardly. | ||||||
| Sarwar | Say, "Had you owned the treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, you would have locked them up for fear of spending them. The human being has always been stingy. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy. | ||||||
| Malik | Say to them: "Even if you had all the treasures of my Lord | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Say: If you control the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withold (them) for fear of spending. And man is ever niggardly. | ||||||
| Free Minds | Say: "If you were the ones possessing the vaults of my Lord's mercy, you would have held back for fear of spending. And man was always stingy!" | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Say: 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's Mercy, you would hold them back for fear of spending and mankind is ever grudging! | ||||||
| George Sale | Say, if ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely refrain from using them, for fear of spending them; for man is covetous. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | SAY: If ye held the treasures of my Lord's mercy ye would certainly refrain from them through fear of spending them: for man is covetous. | ||||||
| Asad | Say: "If you were to own' all the treasurehouses of my Sustainer's bounty,' 17 lo! you would still try to hold on [to them] tightly for fear of spending [too much]: for man has always been avaricious [whereas God is limitless in His bounty] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Proclaim, "If you possessed my Lord's treasures of mercy, you would have withheld them, fearing that you might exhaust them. The human being is stingy." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Say (to the disbelievers): "If you possessed the treasure of the Mercy of my Lord (wealth, money, provision, etc.), then you would surely hold back (from spending) for fear of (being exhausted), and man is ever miserly!" | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Say, "If you owned the treasure-houses of my Lord's Bounty, you would try to hold on to them tightly for fear of spending too much. For, man has ever been self-serving." | ||||||
| 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 : 17 - Al-Israa | Showing verse 100 of 111 in chapter 17 | |||||
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