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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [23:113] | Qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin fais-ali alAAaddeena |  قالوا لبثنا يوما أو بعض يوم فاسأل العادينقَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | وہ کہیں گے: ہم ایک دن یا دن کا کچھ حصہ ٹھہرے (ہوں گے) آپ اعداد و شمار کرنے والوں سے پوچھ لیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who keep account."
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| Ahmed Ali | کہیں گے ایک دن یا اس سے بھی کم رہے ہیں پس آپ گنتی کرنے والوں سے پوچھ لیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | ، بولے ہم ایک دن رہے یا دن کا حصہ تو گننے والوں سے دریافت فرما | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | وہ کہیں گے رہے ہم ایک دن یا دن کا کچھ حصّہ، پوچھ لیجیے شمار کرنے والوں سے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | وہ کہیں گے کہ ہم ایک روز یا ایک روز سے بھی کم رہے تھے، شمار کرنے والوں سے پوچھ لیجیئے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بولے ہم رہے ایک یا کچھ دن سے کم تو پوچھ لے گنتی والوں سے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | وہ کہیں گے "ایک دن یا دن کا بھی کچھ حصہ ہم وہاں ٹھیرے ہیں شمار کرنے والوں سے پوچھ لیجیے" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | They said: "We stayed/remained a day or part (of) a day , so ask/question the counting." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who keep account." | ||||||
| Pickthal | They will say: We tarried by a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count! | ||||||
| Arberry | They shall say, 'We have tarried a day, or part of a day; ask the numberers!' | ||||||
| Shakir | They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account. | ||||||
| Sarwar | They will reply. "We remained for about a day or part of it, but ask those who have kept count". | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | They will say, We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate. | ||||||
| Malik | They will reply: "We lived there a day or part of a day; You may ask those who kept the count."[113] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account. | ||||||
| Free Minds | They said: "We remained for a day, or for part of a day. So ask those who kept count." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | They will reply: 'A day, or part of a day; ask those who have kept count. ' | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | They will say, "We tarried a day, or part of a day; but ask the recording angels." | ||||||
| Asad | They will answer: `We have spent there a day, or part of a day; but ask those who [are able to] count [time]..." [This part of the allegorical "dialogue" between God and the doomed sinners touches (as do several other verses of the Quran) upon the illusory, problematical character of "time" as conceived by man, and the comparative irrelevancy of the life of this world within the context of the ultimate - perhaps timeless - reality known only to God. The disappearance, upon resurrection, of man's earth-bound concept of time is indicated by the helpless answer, "ask those who are able to count time".] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | They said, "We lasted a day or part of a day. Ask those who counted." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | They will say, "We stayed a day or part of a day. But ask those who keep count." | ||||||
| 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 : 23 - Al-Muminun | Showing verse 113 of 118 in chapter 23 | |||||
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