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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [43:8] | Faahlakna ashadda minhum batshanwamada mathalu al-awwaleena |  فأهلكنا أشد منهم بطشا ومضى مثل الأولينفَأَهْلَكْنَا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَى مَثَلُ الْأَوَّلِينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور ہم نے اِن (کفّارِ مکہ) سے زیادہ زور آور لوگوں کو ہلاک کر دیا اور اگلے لوگوں کا حال (کئی جگہ پہلے) گزر چکا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.
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| Ahmed Ali | پھر ہم نے ان میں بڑے زور والوں کو ہلاک کر دیا او رپہلوں کی مثال گزرچکی ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | تو ہم نے وہ ہلاک کردیے جو ان سے بھی پکڑ میں سخت تھے اور اگلوں کا حال گزر چکا ہے، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | تو ہلاک کردیا ہم نے (ان کو جو) بدرجہا زیادہ تھے اِن سے طاقت میں، اور گزرچکی ہیں مثالیں پہلی قوموں کی۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | تو جو ان میں سخت زور والے تھے ان کو ہم نے ہلاک کردیا اور اگلے لوگوں کی حالت گزر گئی | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | پھر برباد کر ڈالے ہم نے اُن سے سخت زور والے اور چلی آئی ہے مثال پہلوں کی | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | پھر جو لوگ اِن سے بدرجہا زیادہ طاقتور تھے اُنہیں ہم نے ہلاک کر دیا، پچھلی قوموں کی مثالیں گزر چکی ہیں | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | So We destroyed , (those who were) stronger than them violent destruction/attack, and the first's/beginner's proverb/example passed/expired | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them). | ||||||
| Arberry | so We destroyed men stronger in valour than they, and the example of the ancients passed away. | ||||||
| Shakir | Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before, | ||||||
| Sarwar | We destroyed the strongest among them in power. The stories of the ancient people have already been mentioned. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded. | ||||||
| Malik | So We destroyed them, though they were stronger in power than these people, and provided an example in the case of prior people.[8] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Then We destroyed those stronger than these in prowess, and the example of the ancients has gone before. | ||||||
| Free Minds | We have destroyed those who were even more powerful than these, and the example of the previous generations has already been given. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | so We destroyed those who were mightier in courage than they. And the example of the ancients has passed away. | ||||||
| George Sale | Wherefore We destroyed nations who were more mighty than these in strength; and the example of those who were of old, hath been already set before them. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Wherefore we destroyed nations mightier than these Meccans in strength; and the example of those of old hath gone before! | ||||||
| Asad | and so, [in the end,] We destroyed them [even though they were] of greater might than these: [I.e., than the people addressed in verse 5 above.] and the [very] image of those people of old became a thing of the past. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Consequently, we annihilated people who were even more powerful than these. We thus set the examples from the previous communities. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Then We destroyed men stronger (in power) than these, and the example of the ancients has passed away (before them). | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | And so, We annihilated them. They were mightier in prowess than these are. They were made history and this fact should serve as an example for these people. ('Madha mathal' = An image of the past, lost and gone). | ||||||
| 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 : 43 - Az-Zukhruf | Showing verse 8 of 89 in chapter 43 | |||||
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