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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [28:58] | Wakam ahlakna min qaryatin batiratmaAAeeshataha fatilka masakinuhum lam tuskan minbaAAdihim illa qaleelan wakunna nahnu alwaritheena |  وكم أهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم إلا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثينوَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا فَتِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوَارِثِينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور ہم نے کتنی ہی (ایسی) بستیوں کو برباد کر ڈالا جو اپنی خوشحال معیشت پر غرور و ناشکری کر رہی تھیں، تو یہ ان کے (تباہ شدہ) مکانات ہیں جو ان کے بعد کبھی آباد ہی نہیں ہوئے مگر بہت کم، اور (آخر کار) ہم ہی وارث و مالک ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their life (of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are deserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!
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| Ahmed Ali | اور ہم نے بہت سی بستیوں کو ہلاک کر ڈالا جو اپنے سامان عیش پر نازاں تھے سو یہ ان کے گھر ہیں کہ ان کے بعد آباد نہیں ہوئے مگر بہت کم اورہم ہی وارث ہوئے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور کتنے شہر ہم نے ہلاک کردیے جو اپنے عیش پر اترا گئے تھے تو یہ ہیں ان کے مکان کہ ان کے بعد ان میں سکونت نہ ہوئی مگر کم اور ہمیں وارث ہیں | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور کتنی ہی ہلاک کرچُکے ہیں ہم، بستیاں کہ جو اِتراگئی تھیں اپنی معیشت پر سو یہ رہے اُن کے مسکن، جو نہ آباد ہُوئے ان کے بعد مگر بہت کم، اور ہوکر رہے (بالآخر) ہم ہی اُن کے وارث۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور ہم نے بہت سی بستیوں کو ہلاک کر ڈالا جو اپنی (فراخی) معیشت میں اترا رہے تھے۔ سو یہ اُن کے مکانات ہیں جو اُن کے بعد آباد ہی نہیں ہوئے مگر بہت کم۔ اور اُن کے پیچھے ہم ہی اُن کے وارث ہوئے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور کتنی غارت کر دیں ہم نے بستیاں جو اترا چلی تھیں اپنی گذران میں اب یہ ہیں ان کے گھر آباد نہیں ہوئے ان کے پیچھے مگر تھوڑے اور ہم ہیں آخر کو سب کچھ لینے والے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور کتنی ہی ایسی بستیاں ہم تباہ کر چکے ہیں جن کے لوگ اپنی معیشت پر اترا گئے تھے سو دیکھ لو، وہ ان کے مسکن پڑے ہوئے ہیں جن میں ان کے بعد کم ہی کوئی بسا ہے، آ خرکار ہم ہی وارث ہو کر رہے | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And how many We perished/destroyed from a village/urban city its life/livelihood/sustenance became unappreciated/undeserved (they were ungrateful for their livelihood), so those are their residences, did not get inhabited from after them, except a few/little , and We were, We, the heirs/inheritants. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their life (of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are deserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs! | ||||||
| Pickthal | And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors. | ||||||
| Arberry | How many a city We have destroyed that flourished in insolent ease! Those are their dwelling-places, undwelt in after them, except a little; Ourselves are the inheritors. | ||||||
| Shakir | And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence, so these are their abodes, they have not been dwelt in after them except a little, and We are the inheritors, | ||||||
| Sarwar | How many nations, who had enjoyed great prosperity, had We destroyed? Those are their homes which were not inhabited thereafter except for a short time. Only We were their heirs. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors. | ||||||
| Malik | How many towns have We destroyed who once flourished in their economy? Just see those dwellings of theirs, only a few of which have been inhabited after them; at last We Alone became their inheritors.[58] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence! So those are their abodes: they have not been dwelt in after them except a little. And We are ever the inheritors. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And how many a town have We destroyed for turning unappreciative of their lives. So here are their homes, nothing but uninhabited ruins after them, except a few. We were the inheritors. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | How many a village have We destroyed that were ungrateful in their life! Those are their dwellings, (they are) uninhabited after them except for a little; We are the inheritors. | ||||||
| George Sale | How many cities have We destroyed, whose inhabitants lived in ease and plenty? And these their dwellings are not inhabited after them, unless for a little while; and We were the inheritors of their wealth. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | And how many cities have we destroyed that flourished in wanton ease! And these their dwellings have not been inhabited since their time save by a few, and it is we who became their heirs. | ||||||
| Asad | And how many a community that [once] exulted in its wanton wealth and ease of life have We destroyed, so that those dwelling-places of theirs - all but a few - have never been dwelt-in after them: for it is indeed We alone who shall remain when all else will have passed away! [Lit., "We are indeed (kunna) the inheritors". For an explanation of my rendering of this phrase, see note on 15:23. The above passage stresses the insignificance and brittleness of all worldly "advantages" as compared with the imperishable good of divine guidance.] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Many a community we annihilated for turning unappreciative of their lives. Consequently, here are their homes, nothing but uninhabited ruins after them, except a few. We were the inheritors. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And how many a town (population) have We destroyed, which were thankless for its means of livelihood (disobeyed Allah, and His Messengers, by doing evil deeds and crimes) ! And those are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them except a little. And verily! We have been the inheritors. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | And how many a town We annihilated, which exulted in their life of ease and plenty! Such that most of their dwelling places have remain deserted after them. For it is indeed We alone Who shall remain when all else have passed away! | ||||||
| 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 : 28 - Al-Qasas | Showing verse 58 of 88 in chapter 28 | |||||
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