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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [16:112] | Wadaraba Allahu mathalanqaryatan kanat aminatan mutma-innatanya/teeha rizquha raghadan min kulli makaninfakafarat bi-anAAumi Allahi faathaqaha Allahulibasa aljooAAi waalkhawfi bima kanooyasnaAAoona |  وضرب الله مثلا قرية كانت آمنة مطمئنة يأتيها رزقها رغدا من كل مكان فكفرت بأنعم الله فأذاقها الله لباس الجوع والخوف بما كانوا يصنعونوَضَرَبَ اللّهُ مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصْنَعُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور اللہ نے ایک ایسی بستی کی مثال بیان فرمائی ہے جو (بڑے) امن اور اطمینان سے (آباد) تھی اس کا رزق اس کے (مکینوں کے) پاس ہر طرف سے بڑی وسعت و فراغت کے ساتھ آتا تھا پھر اس بستی (والوں) نے اللہ کی نعمتوں کی ناشکری کی تو اللہ نے اسے بھوک اور خوف کے عذاب کا لباس پہنا دیا ان اعمال کے سبب سے جو وہ کرتے تھے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet, abundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful for the favours of Allah: so Allah made it taste of hunger and terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side), because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought.
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| Ahmed Ali | اور الله ایک ایسی بستی کی مثال بیان فرماتا ہے جہاں ہر طرح کا امن چین تھا اس کی روزی بافراغت ہر جگہ سے چلی آتی تھی پھر الله کےاحسانوں کی ناشکری کی پھر الله نے ان کے برے کاموں کے سبب سے جو وہ کیا کرتے تھے یہ مزہ چکھایا کہ ان پر فاقہ اور خوف چھا گیا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور اللہ نے کہاوت بیان فرمائی ایک بستی کہ امان و اطمینان سے تھی ہر طرف سے اس کی روزی کثرت سے آتی تو وہ اللہ کی نعمتوں کی ناشکری کرنے لگی تو اللہ نے اسے یہ سزا چکھائی کہ اسے بھوک اور ڈر کا پہناوا پہنایا بدلہ ان کے کیے کا، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور دیتا ہے اللہ مثال ایک بستی کی جو تھی امن اور اطمینان والی، پہنچتا تھا اُنہیں اُن کا رزق بافراغت ہرجگہ سے پھر ناشکری کی اُن لوگوں نے اللہ کی نعمتوں کی تو چکھایا اُنہیں اللہ نے مزا بُھوک اور خوف کا بسبب اُن (کرتوتوں) کے جو وہ کرتے تھے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور خدا ایک بستی کی مثال بیان فرماتا ہے کہ (ہر طرح) امن چین سے بستی تھی ہر طرف سے رزق بافراغت چلا آتا تھا۔ مگر ان لوگوں نے خدا کی نعمتوں کی ناشکری کی تو خدا نے ان کے اعمال کے سبب ان کو بھوک اور خوف کا لباس پہنا کر (ناشکری کا) مزہ چکھا دیا | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور بتلائی اللہ نے ایک مثال (مثل) ایک بستی تھی چین امن سے چلی آتی تھی اسکو روزی فراغت کی ہر جگہ سے پھر ناشکری کی اللہ کے احسانوں کی پھر چکھایا اس کو اللہ نے مزہ کہ ان کے تن کے کپڑے ہو گئے بھوک اور ڈر بدلہ اس کا جو وہ کرتے تھے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اللہ ایک بستی کی مثال دیتا ہے وہ امن و اطمینان کی زندگی بسر کر رہی تھی اور ہر طرف سے اس کو بفراغت رزق پہنچ رہا تھا کہ اُس نے اللہ کی نعمتوں کا کفران شروع کر دیا تب اللہ نے اس کے باشندوں کو اُن کے کرتوتوں کا یہ مزا چکھایا کہ بھوک اور خوف کی مصیبتیں ان پر چھا گئیں | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And God gave an example/proverb (of) a village/urban city (that) was safe/secure assured/tranquillised/secured, its provision comes to it easily/comfortably from every place, so it disbelieved with Gods' blessings/goodnesses , so God made it taste/experience the starvation's/hunger's cover/dress/mixture and the fear/fright, because (of) what they were making/producing/manufacturing. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet, abundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful for the favours of Allah: so Allah made it taste of hunger and terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side), because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Allah coineth a similitude: a township that dwelt secure and well content, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side, but it disbelieved in Allah's favours, so Allah made it experience the garb of dearth and fear because of what they used to do. | ||||||
| Arberry | God has struck a similitude: a city that was secure, at rest, its provision coming to it easefully from every place, then it was unthankful for the blessings of God; so God let it taste the garment of hunger and of fear, for the things that they were working. | ||||||
| Shakir | And Allah sets forth a parable: (Consider) a town safe and secure to which its means of subsistence come in abundance from every quarter; but it became ungrateful to Allah's favors, therefore Allah made it to taste the utmost degree of hunger and fear because of what they wrought. | ||||||
| Sarwar | God tells a parable about a secure and peaceful town surrounded by abundant sustenance. Its inhabitants rejected the bounties of God and He caused them to suffer hunger and fear as a result of their deeds. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah. So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing. | ||||||
| Malik | Allah gives you an example of a town which was enjoying security and peace, receiving its provisions in abundance from every quarter, but it became ungrateful to the favors of Allah. As a result, Allah made its residents taste the consequences of their doings, through inflicting upon them misfortunes of hunger and fear.[112] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And Allah sets forth a parable: A town safe and secure, to which its means of subsistence came in abundance from every quarter; but it disbelieved in Allah | ||||||
| Free Minds | And God cites the example of a town which was peaceful and content, its provisions were coming to it bountifully from all places, but then it rebelled against God's blessings and God made it taste hunger and fear for what they used to do. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Allah strikes a parable of the village which was safe and peaceful. Its provisions came in abundance from everywhere; but it was thankless for the favors of Allah. Therefore, for what they were doing, Allah let it taste the garment of hunger and fear. | ||||||
| George Sale | God propoundeth as a parable a city which was secure and quiet, unto which her provisions came in abundance from every side; but she ungratefully denied the favours of God: Wherefore God caused her to taste the extreme famine, and fear, because of that which they had done. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | God proposeth the instance of a city, secure and at ease, to which its supplies come in plenty from every side. But she was thankless for the boons of God; God therefore made her taste the woe of famine and of fear, for what they had done. | ||||||
| Asad | AND GOD propounds [to you] a parable: [Imagine] a town which was [once] secure and at ease, with its sustenance coming to it abundantly from all quarters, and which thereupon blasphemously refused to show gratitude for God's blessings: and therefore God caused it to taste the all-embracing misery'37 of hunger and fear in result of all [the evil] that its people had so persistently wrought. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | GOD cites the example of a community that used to be secure and prosperous, with provisions coming to it from everywhere. But then, it turned unappreciative of GOD's blessings. Consequently, GOD caused them to taste the hardships of starvation and insecurity. Such is the requital for what they did. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And Allah puts forward the example of a township (Makkah), that dwelt secure and well content; its provision coming to it in abundance from every place, but it (its people) denied the Favours of Allah (with ungratefulness). So Allah made it taste the extreme of hunger (famine) and fear, because of that (evil, i.e. denying Prophet Muhammad SAW) which they (its people) used to do. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Allah gives you an example. Think of a township that used to be secure and prosperous, with provision coming to it in plenty from all directions. But, they practically denied Allah's blessings by not sharing them with the needy. So Allah's Law made it experience the garb of hunger and fear for their wrong system. (6:44). | ||||||
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| 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 : 16 - An-Nahl | Showing verse 112 of 128 in chapter 16 | |||||
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