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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [2:260] | Wa-ith qala ibraheemurabbi arinee kayfa tuhyee almawta qala awalam tu/min qala bala walakin liyatma-innaqalbee qala fakhuth arbaAAatan mina alttayrifasurhunna ilayka thumma ijAAal AAala kulli jabalinminhunna juz-an thumma odAAuhunna ya/teenaka saAAyan waiAAlamanna Allaha AAazeezun hakeemun |  وإذ قال إبراهيم رب أرني كيف تحيي الموتى قال أولم تؤمن قال بلى ولكن ليطمئن قلبي قال فخذ أربعة من الطير فصرهن إليك ثم اجعل على كل جبل منهن جزءا ثم ادعهن يأتينك سعيا واعلم أن الله عزيز حكيموَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِـي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن قَالَ بَلَى وَلَـكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور (وہ واقعہ بھی یاد کریں) جب ابراہیم (علیہ السلام) نے عرض کیا: میرے رب! مجھے دکھا دے کہ تُو مُردوں کو کس طرح زندہ فرماتا ہے؟ ارشاد ہوا: کیا تم یقین نہیں رکھتے؟ اس نے عرض کیا: کیوں نہیں (یقین رکھتا ہوں) لیکن (چاہتا ہوں کہ) میرے دل کو بھی خوب سکون نصیب ہو جائے، ارشاد فرمایا: سو تم چار پرندے پکڑ لو پھر انہیں اپنی طرف مانوس کر لو پھر (انہیں ذبح کر کے) ان کا ایک ایک ٹکڑا ایک ایک پہاڑ پر رکھ دو پھر انہیں بلاؤ وہ تمہارے پاس دوڑتے ہوئے آجائیں گے، اور جان لو کہ یقینا اﷲ بڑا غالب بڑی حکمت والا ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | When Abraham said: "Show me, Lord, how You will raise the dead, " He replied: "Have you no faith?" He said "Yes, but just to reassure my heart." Allah said, "Take four birds, draw them to you, and cut their bodies to pieces. Scatter them over the mountain-tops, then call them back. They will come swiftly to you. Know that Allah is Mighty, Wise."
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| Ahmed Ali | اور یاد کر جب ابراھیم نے کہا اے میرے پروردگار! مجھ کو دکھا کہ تو مردے کو کس طرح زندہ کرے گا فرمایا کہ کیا تم یقین نہیں لاتے کہا کیوں نہیں لیکن اس واسطے چاہتاہوں کہ میرے دل کو تسکین ہو جائے فرمایا تو چار جانور اڑنے والے پکڑے پھر انہیں اپنے ساتھ ہلا لے پھر ہر پہاڑ پر ان کے بدن کا ایک ایک ٹکڑا رکھ دے پھر ان کو بلا تیرے پاس دوڑتے ہوئے آئیں گے اور جان لے کہ بے شک الله زبردست حکمت والا ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور جب عرض کی ابراہیم نے اے رب میرے مجھے دکھا دے تو کیونکر مردے جِلائے گا فرمایا کیا تجھے یقین نہیں عرض کی یقین کیوں نہیں مگر یہ چاہتا ہوں کہ میرے دل کو قرار آجائے فرمایا تو اچھا، چار پرندے لے کر اپنے ساتھ ہلالے پھر ان کا ایک ایک ٹکڑا ہر پہاڑ پر رکھ دے پھر انہیں بلا وہ تیرے پاس چلے آئیں گے پاؤں سے دوڑتے اور جان رکھ کہ اللہ غالب حکمت والا ہے | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور (غور کرو اس واقعہ پر بھی) جب کہا تھا ابراہیم نے اے میرے رب! دکھا مجھے کیسے زندگہ کرے گا تو مردوں کو۔ فرمایا کیا تم ایمان نہیں رکھتے؟ عرض کیا کیوں نہیں! لیکن چاہتا ہوں کہ مطمئن ہوجائے میرا دل۔ فرمایا اچّھا تو لے لو چار پرندے اور مانوس کر لو انہیں اپنے ساتھ پھر رکھ دو ہر پہاڑ پر ان کا ایک ایک ٹکڑا پھر پکارو انہیں چلے آئیں گے وہ تمہارے پاس دوڑتے ہوئے اور خوب جان لو کہ بیشک اللہ غالب اور صاحبِ حکمت ہے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور جب ابراہیم نے (خدا سے) کہا کہ اے پروردگار مجھے دکھا کہ تو مردوں کو کیونکر زندہ کرے گا۔ خدا نے فرمایا کیا تم نے (اس بات کو) باور نہیں کیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کیوں نہیں۔ لیکن (میں دیکھنا) اس لئے (چاہتا ہوں) کہ میرا دل اطمینان کامل حاصل کرلے۔ خدا نے فرمایا کہ چار جانور پکڑوا کر اپنے پاس منگا لو (اور ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کرادو) پھر ان کا ایک ٹکڑا ہر ایک پہاڑ پر رکھوا دو پھر ان کو بلاؤ تو وہ تمہارے پاس دوڑتے چلے آئیں گے۔ اور جان رکھو کہ خدا غالب اور صاحب حکمت ہے۔ | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور یاد کر جب کہا ابراہیم نے اے پروردگار میرے دکھلا دے مجھ کو کہ کیونکر زندہ کرے گا تو مردے فرمایا کیا تو نے یقین نہیں کیا کہا کیوں نہیں لیکن اس واسطے چاہتا ہوں کہ تسکین ہو جاوے میرے دل کو فرمایا تو پکڑ لے چار جانور اڑنے والے پھر انکو ہلا لے اپنے سا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور وہ واقعہ بھی پیش نظر رہے، جب ابراہیمؑ نے کہا تھا کہ: "میرے مالک، مجھے دکھا دے، تو مُردوں کو کیسے زندہ کرتا ہے" فرمایا: "کیا تو ایمان نہیں رکھتا؟" اُس نے عرض کیا "ایمان تو رکھتا ہوں، مگر دل کا اطمینان درکار ہے" فرمایا: "اچھا تو چار پرندے لے اور ان کو اپنے سے مانوس کر لے پھر ان کا ایک ایک جز ایک ایک پہاڑ پر رکھ دے پھر ان کو پکار، وہ تیرے پاس دوڑے چلے آئیں گے خوب جان لے کہ اللہ نہایت با اقتدار اور حکیم ہے" | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And when Abraham said: "My Lord, show me how you revive/make alive the deads." He said: "Did you not believe?" he said: "Yes/certainly, and but (for) my heart/mind to (be) assured/secure (E)." He (Abraham) said: "So take four from the birds, so take them (F) close to you, then put on every mountain from them (F) a part/portion, then call them (F), they come (F) (to) you fast , and know that God isglorious/mighty/powerful/dignified, wise/judicious." (NOTICE USE OF FEMININE IN THE PRECEDING VERSE) | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | When Abraham said: "Show me, Lord, how You will raise the dead, " He replied: "Have you no faith?" He said "Yes, but just to reassure my heart." Allah said, "Take four birds, draw them to you, and cut their bodies to pieces. Scatter them over the mountain-tops, then call them back. They will come swiftly to you. Know that Allah is Mighty, Wise." | ||||||
| Pickthal | And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe? Abraham said: Yea, but (I ask) in order that my heart may be at ease. (His Lord) said: Take four of the birds and cause them to incline unto thee, then place a part of them on each hill, then call them, they will come to thee in haste, and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise. | ||||||
| Arberry | And when Abraham said, 'My Lord, show me how Thou wilt give life to the dead,' He said, 'Why, dost thou not believe?' 'Yes,' he said, 'but that my heart may be at rest.' Said He, 'Take four birds, and twist them to thee, then set a part of them on every hill, then summon them, and they will come to thee running. And do thou know that God is All-mighty, All-wise.' | ||||||
| Shakir | And when Ibrahim said: My Lord! show me how Thou givest life to the dead, He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. He said: Then take four of the birds, then train them to follow you, then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them, they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise. | ||||||
| Sarwar | When Abraham prayed, "Lord, show me how you bring the dead back to life," the Lord said, "Do you not yet believe?" Abraham replied, "I believe but want more confidence for my heart." God told him, "Take four birds, induce them to come to you, cut and scatter their bodies leaving parts on every mountain top, then call them and they will swiftly come to you." Know that God is Majestic and Wise. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allah] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allah] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise." | ||||||
| Malik | Yet another example is when Abraham said: "My Lord! Show me how you give life to the dead." He replied: "Have you no faith in this?" Abraham humbly submitted: "Yes! But I ask this to reassure my heart." Allah said: "Take four birds; train them to follow your direction, cut their bodies into pieces and scatter those pieces on hilltops, then call them back; Allah will bring them back to life and they will come to you right away. Thus you will know that Allah is All-powerful and Wise."[260] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And when Abraham said, My Lord, show me how Thou givest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. He said: Then take four birds, then tame them to incline to thee, then place on every mountain a part of them, then class them, they will come to thee flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And Abraham said: "My Lord, show me how you resurrect the dead." He said: "Do you not already believe?" He said: "I do, but it is so my heart can be relieved." He said: "Choose four birds, then cut them, then place parts of the birds on each mountain, then call them to you; they will come racing towards you. And know that God is Noble, Wise". | ||||||
| Qaribullah | And (remember) when Abraham said: 'Show me, Lord, how You raise the dead, ' He replied: 'Have you not believed? ' 'Rather, ' said Abraham, 'in order that my heart be satisfied. ' 'Take four birds, ' said He, 'draw them to you, then set a part of them on every hill, then call them, they will come swiftly to you. Know that Allah is Mighty and Wise. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | And when Abraham said, O Lord, shew me how thou wilt raise the dead; God said, dost thou not yet believe? He answered, yea; but I ask this that my heart may rest at ease. God said, take therefore four birds, and divide them; then lay a part of them on every mountain; then call them, and they shall come swiftly unto thee: And know that God is mighty and wise. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | "When Abraham said, ""O Lord, shew me how thou wilt give life to the dead!"" He said, ""Hast thou not believed?"" He said, ""Yes; but I have asked thee, that my heart may be well assured."" He said, ""Take, then, four birds, and draw them towards thee, and | ||||||
| Asad | And, lo, Abraham said: "O my Sustainer! Show me how Thou givest life unto the dead!" Said He: "Hast thou, then, no faith?" (Abraham) answered: "Yea, but [let me see it] so that my heart may be set fully at rest." Said He: "Take, then, four birds and teach them to obey thee; . then place them separately on every hill [around thee]; then summon them: they will come flying to thee. And know that God is almighty, wise." | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You revive the dead." He said, "Do you not believe?" He said, "Yes, but I wish to reassure my heart." He said, "Take four birds, study their marks, place a piece of each bird on top of a hill, then call them to you. They will come to you in a hurry. You should know that GOD is Almighty, Most Wise." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said, "My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." He (Allah) said: "Do you not believe?" He (Ibrahim (Abraham)) said: "Yes (I believe), but to be stronger in Faith." He said: "Take four birds, then cause them to incline towards you (then slaughter them, cut them into pieces), and then put a portion of them on every hill, and call them, they will come to you in haste. And know that Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Abraham wanted to understand the Law of Revival of nations. Allah asked him if he believed that it were possible. Abraham said he believed but that he wanted a practical example to educate his heart and mind. Allah told him to take four birds and train them in a kind manner, and then to leave them far apart on each hilltop. And then call them; they will come in haste. (At one call of Abraham, those birds came flying back to him. This is how mankind can be brought to the Word of Allah with decent training, giving them a new life). Know that this Wisdom comes to you from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise. | ||||||
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