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| 1. [7:163] | Wais-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee alssabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoona |  واسألهم عن القرية التي كانت حاضرة البحر إذ يعدون في السبت إذ تأتيهم حيتانهم يوم سبتهم شرعا ويوم لا يسبتون لا تأتيهم كذلك نبلوهم بما كانوا يفسقونوسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لاَ يَسْبِتُونَ لاَ تَأْتِيهِمْ كَذَلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور آپ ان سے اس بستی کا حال دریافت فرمائیں جو سمندر کے کنارے واقع تھی، جب وہ لوگ ہفتہ (کے دن کے احکام) میں حد سے تجاوز کرتے تھے (یہ اس وقت ہوا) جب (ان کے سامنے) ان کی مچھلیاں ان کے (تعظیم کردہ) ہفتہ کے دن کو پانی (کی سطح) پر ہر طرف سے خوب ظاہر ہونے لگیں اور (باقی) ہر دن جس کی وہ یومِ شنبہ کی طرح تعظیم نہیں کرتے تھے (مچھلیاں) ان کے پاس نہ آتیں، اس طرح ہم ان کی آزمائش کر رہے تھے بایں وجہ کہ وہ نافرمان تھے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.
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| Ahmed Ali | اور ان سے اس بستی کا حال پوچھ جو دریا کے کنارے پر تھی جب ہفتہ کے معاملہ میں حد سے بڑھنے لگے جب ان کے پاس مچھلیاں ہفتہ کے دن پانی کے اوپر آنے لگیں اور جس دن ہفتہ نہ ہو تو نہ آتی تھیں ہم نے انہیں اس طرح آزمایا اس لیے کہ وہ نافرمان تھے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور ان سے حال پوچھو اس بستی کا کہ دریا کنارے تھی جب وہ ہفتے کے بارے میں حد سے بڑھتے جب ہفتے کے دن ان کی مچھلیاں پانی پر تیرتی ان کے سامنے آتیں اور جو دن ہفتے کا نہ ہوتا نہ آتیں اس طرح ہم انہیں آزمانتے تھے ان کی بے حکمی کے سبب، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور پُوچھو ان سے حال اس بستی کا جو تھی سمندر کے کنارے۔ جب احکامِ الہٰی کی خلاف ورزی کرتے تھے وہ ہفتے کے دن اُس وقت کہ آتی تھیں اُن کے پاس مچھلیاں ہفتے کے دن، اُبھر اُبھر کر سطح پر اور جس دن نہیں ہوتا ہفتہ تو نہیں آتی تھیں۔ اس طرح ہم آزمارہے تھے اُن کو اس وجہ سے کہ تھے وہ نافرمان۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور ان سے اس گاؤں کا حال تو پوچھو جب لب دریا واقع تھا۔ جب یہ لوگ ہفتے کے دن کے بارے میں حد سے تجاوز کرنے لگے (یعنی) اس وقت کہ ان کے ہفتے کے دن مچھلیاں ان کے سامنے پانی کے اوپر آتیں اور جب ہفتے کا دن نہ ہوتا تو نہ آتیں۔ اسی طرح ہم ان لوگوں کو ان کی نافرمانیوں کے سبب آزمائش میں ڈالنے لگے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور پوچھ ان سےحال اس بستی کا جو تھی دریا کے کنارے جب حد سے بڑھنے لگے ہفتہ کے حکم میں جب آنے لگیں انکے پاس مچھلیاں ہفتہ کے دن پانی کے اوپر اور جس دن ہفتہ نہ ہو تو نہ آتی تھیں اس طرح ہم نے ان کو آزمایا اس لئے کہ وہ نافرمان تھے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور ذرا اِن سے اُ س بستی کا حال بھی پوچھو جو سمندر کے کنارے واقع تھی اِنہیں یاد دلاؤ وہ واقعہ کہ وہاں کے لوگ سبت (ہفتہ) کے دن احکام الٰہی کی خلاف ورزی کرتے تھے اور یہ کہ مچھلیاں سبت ہی کے دن ابھر ابھر کر سطح پر اُن کے سامنے آتی تھیں اور سبت کے سوا باقی دنوں میں نہیں آتی تھیں یہ اس لیے ہوتا تھا کہ ہم ان کی نافرمانیوں کی وجہ سے ان کو آزمائش میں ڈال رہے تھے | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And ask/question them about the village/urban city that was present (near) the sea/ocean , when they transgress/violate in the Saturday/Sabbath, when the fishes/large fishes/whales comes to them raised high/clearly showing (on the) day of their Sabbath/Saturday, and (the) day they do not observe the Sabbath by resting and worshipping (it) does not come to them, as/like that We test them because (of) what they were debauching . | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Ask them (O Muhammad) of the township that was by the sea, how they did break the Sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon their Sabbath day and on a day when they did not keep Sabbath came they not unto them. Thus did We try them for that they were evil-livers. | ||||||
| Arberry | And question them concerning the township which was bordering the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them on the day of their Sabbath, swimming shorewards, but on the day they kept not Sabbath, they came not unto them. Even so We were trying them for their ungodliness. | ||||||
| Shakir | And ask them about the town which stood by the sea; when they exceeded the limits of the Sabbath, when their fish came to them on the day of their Sabbath, appearing on the surface of the water, and on the day on which they did not keep the Sabbath they did not come to them; thus did We try them because they transgressed. | ||||||
| Sarwar | (Muhammad), ask them about the (people of the) towns on the seashore. They had transgressed by catching fish on the Sabbath. Each Sabbath the fish came openly within their reach but not so on other days. Thus, We were testing them because of their evil deeds. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And ask them about the town that was by the sea when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient. | ||||||
| Malik | Ask them, about the town which was situated on the sea shore, what happened when they transgressed in the matter of Sabbath. On the day of their Sabbath the fish appeared before them on the surface of the water but on the days other than their Sabbath they never came near them; thus did We tempt them because they transgressed.[163] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And ask them about the town which stood by the sea. When they violated the Sabbath, when their fish came to them on their Sabbath day on the surface, and when it was not their Sabbath they came not to them. Thus did We try them because they transgressed. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And ask them about the town which was by the sea, after they had transgressed the Sabbath; their fish would come to them openly on the day of their Sabbath, and when they are not in Sabbath, they do not come to them! It is such that We afflicted them for what they corrupted. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Ask them about the village that overlooked the sea and what befell (its people) when they broke the Sabbath. Each Sabbath, their fish came swimming towards the shore, but on other days they did not come to them. As such We tempted them (the people) because they had done wrong. | ||||||
| George Sale | And ask them concerning the city, which was situate on the sea, when they transgressed on the sabbath day: When their fish came unto them on their sabbath say, appearing openly on the water; but on the day whereon they celebrated no sabbath, they came not unto them. Thus did We prove them, because they were wicked doers. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | But the ungodly ones among them changed that word into another than that which had been told them: therefore sent we forth wrath out of Heaven upon them for their wrong doings. | ||||||
| Asad | And ask them about that town which stood by the sea: how its people would profane the Sabbath whenever their fish came to them, breaking the water's surface, on a day on which they ought to have kept Sabbath -because they would not come to them on otther than Sabbath-days!' Thus did We try them by means of their [own] iniquitous doings. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Remind them of the community by the sea, who desecrated the Sabbath. When they observed the Sabbath, the fish came to them abundantly. And when they violated the Sabbath, the fish did not come. We thus afflicted them, as a consequence of their transgression. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And ask them (O Muhammad SAW) about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday): when their fish came to them openly on the Sabbath day, and did not come to them on the day they had no Sabbath. Thus We made a trial of them for they used to rebel (see the Quran: V.4:154). | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Ask the Israelites about the township (Elat) that was located by the sea, and they had violated the Sabbath. The big fish used to come on the surface in abundance on their day of Sabbath, feeling secure, and did not come up on other days. (But the community failed to persevere, and broke the Sabbath to get a good catch). Thus We tested them to see for themselves how they drift away from discipline. | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 7 - Al-Ar'af | Showing verse 163 of 206 in chapter 7 | |||||
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