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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [39:56] | An taqoola nafsun ya hasrataAAala ma farrattu fee janbi Allahiwa-in kuntu lamina alssakhireena |  أن تقول نفس يا حسرتا على ما فرطت في جنب الله وإن كنت لمن الساخرينأَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (ایسا نہ ہو) کہ کوئی شخص کہنے لگے: ہائے افسوس! اس کمی اور کوتاہی پر جو میں نے اللہ کے حقِ (طاعت) میں کی اور میں یقیناً مذاق اڑانے والوں میں سے تھا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | "Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked!'-
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| Ahmed Ali | کہیں کوئی نفس کہنے لگے ہائے افسوس اس پر جو میں نے الله کے حق میں کوتاہی کی اور میں تو ہنسی ہی کرتا رہ گیا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | کہ کہیں کوئی جان یہ نہ کہے کہ ہائے افسوس! ان تقصیروں پر جو میں نے اللہ کے بارے میں کیں اور بیشک میں ہنسی بنایا کرتا تھا | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | )یہ اس لیے بتایا جارہا ہے تاکہ) نہ کہے کوئی متنفس ہائے افسوس! ان کوتاہیوں پر جو کرتا رہا میں اللہ کی جناب میں اور واقعہ یہ ہے کہ تھا میں بھی مذاق اڑانے والوں میں۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کہ (مبادا اس وقت) کوئی متنفس کہنے لگے کہ (ہائے ہائے) اس تقصیر پر افسوس ہے جو میں نے خدا کے حق میں کی اور میں تو ہنسی ہی کرتا رہا | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | کہیں کہنے لگے کوئی جی اے افسوس اس بات پر کہ میں کوتاہی کرتا رہا اللہ کی طرف سے اور میں تو ہنستا ہی رہا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | کہیں ایسا نہ ہو کہ بعد میں کوئی شخص کہے "افسوس میری اُس تقصیر پر جو میں اللہ کی جناب میں کرتا رہا، بلکہ میں تو الٹا مذاق اڑانے والوں میں شامل تھا" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | That (E) a self says: "Oh my grief/sadness on what I neglected/abused/wasted in God's side/direction/right, and that truly I was from (E) the humiliators/mockers ." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | "Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked!'- | ||||||
| Pickthal | Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers! | ||||||
| Arberry | Lest any soul should say, 'Alas for me, in that I neglected my duty to God, and was a scoffer,' | ||||||
| Shakir | Lest a soul should say: O woe to me! for what I fell short of my duty to Allah, and most surely I was of those who laughed to scorn; | ||||||
| Sarwar | Turn to God in repentance before a soul says, "Woe to me because of my failure to fulfill my duties to God. Woe to me for mocking God's guidance!". | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Lest a soul should say, "Oh [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers." | ||||||
| Malik | Lest someone should say: | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Lest a soul should say: O woe is me, that I fell short of my duty to Allah! and surely I was of those who laughed to scorn; | ||||||
| Free Minds | Lest a soul will Say: "How sorry I am for disregarding God's path; and I was certainly one of those who mocked." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Lest any soul should say: 'Sadly, I have neglected my duty to Allah and was of those that mocked. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | and a soul say, alas! For that I have been negligent in my duty to God; verily I have been one of the scorners: | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | So that a soul say, "Oh misery! for my failures in duty towards God! and verily I was of those who scoffed:" | ||||||
| Asad | lest any human being should say [on Judgment Day], "Alas for me for having been remiss in what is due to God, and for having been indeed one of those who scoffed [at the truth]!" [Whenever there is no clear indication that the term nafs has another meaning, it signifies a "human being"; hence, the personal pronouns relating to this term (which is feminine in Arabic) are masculine in my rendering.] - | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Lest a soul may say, "How sorry I am for disregarding GOD's commandments; I was certainly one of the mockers." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Lest a person should say: "Alas, my grief that I was undutiful to Allah (i.e. I have not done what Allah has ordered me to do), and I was indeed among those who mocked (at the truth! i.e. La ilaha ill-Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), the Quran, and Muhammad SAW and at the faithful believers, etc.) | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Lest any person should say, "Ah! My grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and indeed was I among the mockers!" | ||||||
| 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 : 39 - Az-Zumar | Showing verse 56 of 75 in chapter 39 | |||||
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