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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [20:128] | Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaqablahum mina alqurooni yamshoona fee masakinihim inna feethalika laayatin li-olee alnnuha |  أفلم يهد لهم كم أهلكنا قبلهم من القرون يمشون في مساكنهم إن في ذلك لآيات لأولي النهىأَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُوْلِي النُّهَى | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | کیا انہیں (اس بات نے) ہدایت نہ دی کہ ہم نے ان سے پہلے کتنی ہی امتوں کو ہلاک کر دیا جن کی رہائش گاہوں میں (اب) یہ لوگ چلتے پھرتے ہیں، بیشک اس میں دانش مندوں کے لئے (بہت سی) نشانیاں ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
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| Ahmed Ali | سو کیا انہیں اس بات سے بھی سمجھ نہیں آئی کہ ہم نے ان سے پہلے کئی جماعتیں ہلاک کر دی ہیں یہ لوگ ان کی جگہوں پر پھرتے ہیں بیشک اس میں عقل والوں کے لیے نشانیاں ہیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | تو کیا انہیں اس سے راہ نہ ملی کہ ہم نے ان سے پہلے کتنی سنگتیں (قومیں) ہلاک کردیں کہ یہ ان کے بسنے کی جگہ چلتے پھرتے ہیں بیشک اس میں نشانیاں ہیں عقل والوں کو | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | تو کیا پھر نہیں رہنمائی ملی ان کو (اس بات سے کہ) کتنی ہی ہلاک کی ہیں ہم نے اِن سے پہلے قومیں کہ چل رہے ہیں یہ اُن کی بستیوں میں۔ بے شک اس میں بہت سی نشانیاں ہیں اہلِ عقل کے لیے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کیا یہ بات ان لوگوں کے لئے موجب ہدایت نہ ہوئی کہ ہم ان سے پہلے بہت سے لوگوں کو ہلاک کرچکے ہیں جن کے رہنے کے مقامات میں یہ چلتے پھرتے ہیں۔ عقل والوں کے لئے اس میں (بہت سی) نشانیاں ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | سو کیا اُنکو سمجھ نہ آئی اس بات سے کہ کتنی غارت کر دیں ہم نے اُن سے پہلے جماعتیں یہ لوگ پھرتے ہیں اُنکی جگہوں میں اس میں خوب نشانیاں ہیں عقل رکھنے والوں کو | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | پھر کیا اِن لوگوں کو (تاریخ کے اس سبق سے) کوئی ہدایت نہ ملی کہ اِن سے پہلے کتنی ہی قوموں کو ہم ہلاک کر چکے ہیں جن کی (برباد شدہ) بستیوں میں آج یہ چلتے پھرتے ہیں؟ در حقیقت اِس میں بہت سی نشانیاں ہیں اُن لوگوں کے لیے جو عقل سلیم رکھنے والے ہیں | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Did He not guide to them how many from the generations/peoples of eras before them We made die/destroyed , they walk in their residences, that (E) in that (are) verses/evidences/signs (E) to (owners) of the minds/reasoning powers. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought. | ||||||
| Arberry | Is it not a guidance to them, how many generations We destroyed before them in whose dwelling-places they walk? Surely in that are signs for men possessing reason. | ||||||
| Shakir | Does it not then direct them aright how many of the generations In whose dwelling-places they go about We destroyed before them? Most surely there are signs in this for those endowed with understanding. | ||||||
| Sarwar | Is it not a warning for them to see how many generations living before them We destroyed and how they are now walking in their ruins? In this there is the evidence (of the Truth) for the people of reason. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence. | ||||||
| Malik | Have these people not learned a lesson, that We have destroyed before them many generations in whose ruins they walk through? Certainly in these ruins there are Signs for people of understanding.[128] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Does it not manifest to them how many of the generations, in whose dwellings they go about, We destroyed before them? Surely there are signs in this for men of understanding. | ||||||
| Free Minds | Is it not a guide to them how many generations We had destroyed before them, which they are walking now in their homes? In that are signs for the people of understanding. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Is it not a guidance to them, how many generations We destroyed before them in whose dwelling places they walk? Surely, in this there are signs for those of reason. | ||||||
| George Sale | Are not the Meccans therefore acquainted how many generations we have destroyed before them; in whose dwellings they walk? Verily herein are signs unto those who are indued with understanding. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Are not they, who walk the very places where they dwelt, aware how many generations we have destroyed before them? Verily in this are signs to men of insight. | ||||||
| Asad | CAN, THEN, they [who reject the truth] learn no lesson by recalling how many a generation We have destroyed before their time? - [people] in whose dwelling-places they [themselves now] walk about? In this, behold, there are messages indeed for those who are endowed with reason! | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Does it ever occur to them how many previous generations we have annihilated? They are now walking in the homes of those before them. These are signs for those who possess intelligence. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Is it not a guidance for them to know how many a generation Our Law destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling-places they now walk? In this, behold, are Signs for men and women of thought. | ||||||
| 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 : 20 - Ta-Ha | Showing verse 128 of 135 in chapter 20 | |||||
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