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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [6:122] | Awa man kana maytan faahyaynahuwajaAAalna lahu nooran yamshee bihi fee alnnasikaman mathaluhu fee alththulumatilaysa bikharijin minha kathalika zuyyinalilkafireena ma kanoo yaAAmaloona |  أومن كان ميتا فأحييناه وجعلنا له نورا يمشي به في الناس كمن مثله في الظلمات ليس بخارج منها كذلك زين للكافرين ما كانوا يعملونأَوَ مَن كَانَ مَيْتًا فَأَحْيَيْنَاهُ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُ نُورًا يَمْشِي بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ كَمَن مَّثَلُهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ لَيْسَ بِخَارِجٍ مِّنْهَا كَذَلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | بھلا وہ شخص جو مُردہ (یعنی ایمان سے محروم) تھا پھر ہم نے اسے (ہدایت کی بدولت) زندہ کیا اور ہم نے اس کے لئے (ایمان و معرفت کا) نور پیدا فرما دیا (اب) وہ اس کے ذریعے (بقیہ) لوگوں میں (بھی روشنی پھیلانے کے لئے) چلتا ہے اس شخص کی مانند ہو سکتا ہے جس کا حال یہ ہو کہ (وہ جہالت اور گمراہی کے) اندھیروں میں (اس طرح گھِرا) پڑا ہے کہ اس سے نکل ہی نہیں سکتا۔ اسی طرح کافروں کے لئے ان کے وہ اعمال (ان کی نظروں میں) خوش نما دکھائے جاتے ہیں جو وہ انجام دیتے رہتے ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to those without faith their own deeds seem pleasing.
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| Ahmed Ali | بھلا وہ شخص جو مردہ تھا پھر ہم نے اسے زندہ کر دیا اور ہم نے اسے روشنی دی کہ اسے لوگوں میں لیے پھرتا ہےوہ اس کے برابر ہو سکتا ہے جو اندھیروں میں پڑا ہو وہاں سے نکل نہیں سکتا اسی طرح کافروں کی نظر میں ان کے کام آراستہ کر دیئے گئے ہیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور کیا وہ کہ مردہ تھا تو ہم نے اسے زندہ کیا اور اس کے لیے ایک نور کردیا جس سے لوگوں میں چلتا ہے وہ اس جیسا ہوجائے گا جو اندھیریوں میں ہے ان سے نکلنے والا نہیں، یونہی کافروں کی آنکھ میں ان کے اعمال بھلے کردیے گئے ہیں، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | بھلا وہ شخص جو تھا (پہلے) مُردہ، پھر ہم نے زندگی بخشی اُس کو اور عطا کی ہم نے اس کو روشنی کہ طے کرتا ہے (زندگی کی) راہ اس کی مدد سے لوگوں کے درمیان۔ کیا اس شخص کی مانند ہوسکتا ہے جو پڑا ہے تاریکیوں میں اور نہ نکل سکتا ہو اس میں سے؟ اور اس طرح خوشنما بنادیے گئے ہیں کافروں کے لیے اُن کے اعمال جو وہ کرتے ہیں۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | بھلا جو پہلے مردہ تھا پھر ہم نے اس کو زندہ کیا اور اس کے لیے روشنی کر دی جس کے ذریعے سے وہ لوگوں میں چلتا پھرتا ہے کہیں اس شخص جیسا ہو سکتا ہے جو اندھیرے میں پڑا ہوا ہو اور اس سے نکل ہی نہ سکے اسی طرح کافر جو عمل کر رہے ہیں وہ انہیں اچھے معلوم ہوتے ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بھلا ایک شخص جو کہ مردہ تھا پھر ہم نے اس کو زندہ کر دیا اور ہم نے اس کو دی روشنی کہ لئے پھرتا ہے اس کو لوگوں میں برابر ہو سکتا ہےاسکے کہ جس کا حال یہ ہے کہ پڑا ہے اندھیروں میں وہاں سے نکل نہیں سکتا اسی طرح مزین کر دیے کافروں کی نگاہ میں ان کے کام | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | کیا وہ شخص جو پہلے مُردہ تھا پھر ہم نے اسے زندگی بخشی اور اس کو وہ روشنی عطا کی جس کے اجالے میں وہ لوگوں کے درمیان زندگی کی راہ طے کرتا ہے اُس شخص کی طرح ہو سکتا ہے جو تاریکیوں میں پڑا ہوا ہو اور کسی طرح اُن سے نہ نکلتا ہو؟ کافروں کے لیے تو اسی طرح ان کے اعمال خوشنما بنا دیے گئے ہیں | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Is who was/is dead/lifeless, so We revived him and We made/put for him a light he walks with it in (between) the people, as who his example (is) in the darknesses (and he) is not with getting out from it? Like that (it) was decorated/beautified to the disbelievers what they were making/doing . | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to those without faith their own deeds seem pleasing. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose similitude is in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made fairseeming for the disbelievers. | ||||||
| Arberry | Why, is he who was dead, and We gave him life, and appointed for him a light to walk by among the people as one whose likeness is in the shadows, and comes not forth from them? So it is decked out fair to the unbelievers the things they have done. | ||||||
| Shakir | Is he who was dead then We raised him to life and made for him a light by which he walks among the people, like him whose likeness is that of one in utter darkness whence he cannot come forth? Thus what they did was made fair seeming to the unbelievers. | ||||||
| Sarwar | Can the dead to whom We have given life and light so that they may walk among the people, be considered equal to those who can never come out of darkness? The deeds of the unbelievers are made to seem attractive to them. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge therefrom? Thus it has been made pleasing to the disbelievers that which they were doing. | ||||||
| Malik | Can a person who was dead (ignorant), and whom We raised to life and gave the Light to walk with among people, be like the one who is in the depths of darkness from which he can never come out? Since they treat both of them alike, the actions of the unbelievers are made lucrative to them,[122] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Is he who was dead, then We raised him to life and made for him a light by which he walks among the people, like him whose likeness is that of one in darkness whence he cannot come forth? Thus their doings are made fair-seeming to the disbelievers. | ||||||
| Free Minds | Is one who was dead and to whom We gave life, and We made for him a light to walk with amongst the people, as one whose example is in darkness and he will not exit from it? It is such that the work of the rejecters has been adorned for them. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Is he who was dead whom We have revived and given a light with which he walks among people to be compared to him who blunders about in darkness from which he will never emerge? As such what the unbelievers have done appear decorated to them. | ||||||
| George Sale | Shall he who hath been dead, and whom We have restored unto life, and unto whom We have ordained a light, whereby he may walk among men, be as he whose similitude is in darkness, from whence he shall not come forth? Thus was that which the infidels are doing, prepared for them. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Shall the dead, whom we have quickened, and for whom we have ordained a light whereby he may walk among men, be like him, whose likeness is in the darkness, whence he will not come forth? Thus have the doings of the unbelievers been prepared for them. | ||||||
| Asad | IS THEN -HE who was dead [in spirit] and whom We thereupon gave life, and for whom We set up a light whereby he might see his way among men" - [is then he] like one [who is lost] in darkness deep, out of which he cannot emerge? [But] thus it is: goodly seem all their own doings to those who deny the truth. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Is one who was dead and we granted him life, and provided him with light that enables him to move among the people, equal to one in total darkness from which he can never exit? The works of the disbelievers are thus adorned in their eyes. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Is he who was dead (without Faith by ignorance and disbelief) and We gave him life (by knowledge and Faith) and set for him a light (of Belief) whereby he can walk amongst men, like him who is in the darkness (of disbelief, polytheism and hypocrisy) from which he can never come out? Thus it is made fairseeming to the disbelievers that which they used to do. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | (Our Light revives the living dead and makes them walk honorably among mankind.) Is one who was dead and We gave him life with Light that enables him to move among people, equal to one in total darkness from which he cannot come out? (When people have their belief system jumbled up, they lose the power to distinguish between the right and wrong). Hence, the rejecters of the Truth find their own deeds pleasing. | ||||||
| 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 : 6 - Al-An'am | Showing verse 122 of 165 in chapter 6 | |||||
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