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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [6:42] | Walaqad arsalna ila omamin minqablika faakhathnahum bialba/sa-i waalddarra-ilaAAallahum yatadarraAAoona |  ولقد أرسلنا إلى أمم من قبلك فأخذناهم بالبأساء والضراء لعلهم يتضرعونوَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَى أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْبَأْسَاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور بیشک ہم نے آپ سے پہلے بہت سی اُمتوں کی طرف رسول بھیجے، پھر ہم نے ان کو (نافرمانی کے باعث) تنگ دستی اور تکلیف کے ذریعے پکڑ لیا تاکہ وہ (عجز و نیاز کے ساتھ) گِڑگڑائیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.
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| Ahmed Ali | اور ہم نے تجھ سے پہلے بہت سی امتوں کے ہاں رسول بھیجےتھے پھر ہم نے انہیں سختی اور تکلیف میں پکڑا تاکہ وہ عاجزی کریں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور بیشک ہم نے تم سے پہلی اُمتوں کی طرف رسول بھیجے تو انہیں سختی اور تکلیف سے پکڑا کہ وہ کسی طرح گڑگڑائیں | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور البتّہ بھیجے ہم نے (رسُول) بہت سی اُمتوں کی طرف تم سے پہلے پھترمُبتلا کیا ہم نے اُن کو مصائب و آلام میں تاکہ وہ جھک جائیں عاجزی سے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور ہم نے تم سے پہلے بہت سی امتوں کی طرف پیغمبر بھیجے۔ پھر (ان کی نافرمانیوں کے سبب) ہم انہیں سختیوں اور تکلیفوں میں پکڑتے رہے تاکہ عاجزی کریں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور ہم نے رسول بھیجے تھے بہت سی امتوں پر تجھ سے پہلے پھر ان کو پکڑا ہم نے سختی میں اور تکلیف میں تاکہ وہ گڑگڑاویں | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | تم سے پہلے بہت سی قوموں کی طرف ہم نے رسول بھیجے اور اُن قوموں کو مصائب و آلام میں مبتلا کیا تاکہ وہ عاجزی کے ساتھ ہمارے سامنے جھک جائیں | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And We had sent to nations from before you, so We took/punished them with the misery/hardship/fear and the calamity, maybe they become humble and humiliate themselves (to God). | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility. | ||||||
| Pickthal | We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble. | ||||||
| Arberry | Indeed We sent to nations before thee, and We seized them with misery and hardship that haply they might be humble; | ||||||
| Shakir | And certainly We sent (messengers) to nations before you then We seized them with distress and affliction in order that they might humble themselves. | ||||||
| Sarwar | We had sent (Our guidance) to the nations who lived before you and afflicted them with distress and adversity so that they might submit themselves (to God). | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And We have already sent [messengers] to nations before you, [O Mu | ||||||
| Malik | We did send Messengers before you to other nations and afflicted them with suffering and adversities so that they might learn humility.[42] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And indeed We sent (messengers) to nations before thee then We seized them with distress and affliction that they might humble themselves. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And We have sent others to nations before you. We then took them with adversity and hardship, perhaps they would implore. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Before you We sent forth to other nations, and then seized them with misery and hardship so that they might humble themselves. | ||||||
| George Sale | We have already sent messengers unto sundry nations before thee, and We afflicted them with trouble and adversity that they might humble themselves: | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Already have we sent apostles to nations that were before thee, and we laid hold on them with troubles and with straits in order that they might humble themselves: | ||||||
| Asad | And, indeed, We sent Our messages unto people before thy time, [O Prophet,] and visited them with misfortune and hardship so that they might humble themselves: | ||||||
| Khalifa** | We have sent (messengers) to communities before you, and we put them to the test through adversity and hardship, that they may implore. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Verily, We sent (Messengers) to many nations before you (O Muhammad SAW). And We seized them with extreme poverty (or loss in wealth) and loss in health with calamities so that they might believe with humility. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | We sent Messengers to nations before you. (They compassionately advised their people that the Supreme Law is operative on the earth, as it is in the heavens). When those nations violated Our Laws in their societies, they had to face the consequences. They should have become humble and taken corrective action right 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 : 6 - Al-An'am | Showing verse 42 of 165 in chapter 6 | |||||
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