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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [16:125] | OdAAu ila sabeeli rabbika bialhikmatiwaalmawAAithati alhasanati wajadilhumbiallatee hiya ahsanu inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamubiman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena |  ادع إلى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة وجادلهم بالتي هي أحسن إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدينادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (اے رسولِ معظّم!) آپ اپنے رب کی راہ کی طرف حکمت اور عمدہ نصیحت کے ساتھ بلائیے اور ان سے بحث (بھی) ایسے انداز سے کیجئے جو نہایت حسین ہو، بیشک آپ کا رب اس شخص کو (بھی) خوب جانتا ہے جو اس کی راہ سے بھٹک گیا اور وہ ہدایت یافتہ لوگوں کو (بھی) خوب جانتا ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.
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| Ahmed Ali | اپنے رب کے راستے کی طرف دانشمندی اور عمدہ نصیحت سے بلا اور ان سے پسندیدہ طریقہ سے بحث کر بے شک تیرا رب خوب جانتا ہے کہ کون اس کے راستہ سے بھٹکا ہوا ہے اور ہدایت یافتہ کو بھی خوب جانتا ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اپنے رب کی راہ کی طرف بلاؤ پکی تدبیر اور اچھی نصیحت سے اور ان سے اس طریقہ پر بحث کرو جو سب سے بہتر ہو بیشک تمہارا رب خوب جانتا ہے جو اس کی راہ سے بہکا اور وہ خوب جانتا ہے راہ والوں کو، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | دعوت دو اپنے رب کے راستے کی طرف حکمت کے ساتھ اور عمدہ نصیحت کے ساتھ اور مباحثہ کرو لوگوں سے ایسے طریقہ سے جو بہترین ہو۔ بے شک تیرا رب ہی خوب جانتا ہے اُس کو جو بھٹک گیا اُس کے راستے سے اور وہی بہتر جانتا ہے اُن کو جو ہدایت یافتہ ہیں۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | (اے پیغمبر) لوگوں کو دانش اور نیک نصیحت سے اپنے پروردگار کے رستے کی طرف بلاؤ۔ اور بہت ہی اچھے طریق سے ان سے مناظرہ کرو۔ جو اس کے رستے سے بھٹک گیا تمہارا پروردگار اسے بھی خوب جانتا ہے اور جو رستے پر چلنے والے ہیں ان سے بھی خوب واقف ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بلا اپنے رب کی راہ پر پکی باتیں سمجھا کر اور نصیحت سنا کر بھلی طرح اور الزام دے انکو جس طرح بہتر ہو تیرا رب ہی بہتر جانتا ہے ان کو جو بھول گیا اس کی راہ اور وہی بہتر جانتا ہے انکو جو راہ پر ہیں | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اے نبیؐ، اپنے رب کے راستے کی طرف دعوت دو حکمت اور عمدہ نصیحت کے ساتھ، اور لوگوں سے مباحثہ کرو ایسے طریقہ پر جو بہترین ہو تمہارا رب ہی زیادہ بہتر جانتا ہے کہ کون اس کی راہ سے بھٹکا ہوا ہے اور کون راہ راست پر ہے | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Call to your Lord's way/path with the wisdom, and the good sermon/advise/warning, and argue/dispute with them with which it is best , that your Lord He is more knowledgeable with (of) who misguided from His path/way , and He is more knowledgeable with the guided. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright. | ||||||
| Arberry | Call thou to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and good admonition, and dispute with them in the better way. Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided. | ||||||
| Shakir | Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way. | ||||||
| Sarwar | Call (the pagans) to the path of your Lord through wisdom and good advice and argue with them in the best manner. God knows well about those who stray from His path and those who seek guidance. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. | ||||||
| Malik | Call people to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and best advice, and reason with them, if you have to, in the most courteous manner: for your Lord knows best who strays from His Way and He knows best who is rightly guided.[125] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Call to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the best manner. Surely thy Lord knows best him who strays from His path, and He knows best those who go aright. | ||||||
| Free Minds | Invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and good advice, and argue with them in that which is better. Your Lord is fully aware of who is misguided from His path, and He is fully aware of the guided ones. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Call to the Path of your Lord with wisdom and fine admonition. Dispute with them in the best manner. Your Lord is well aware of those who have gone astray from His Path and He is well aware of those who are guided. | ||||||
| George Sale | Invite men unto the way of thy Lord, by wisdom, and mild exhortation; and dispute with them in the most condescending manner: For thy Lord well knoweth him who strayeth from his path, and He well knoweth those who are rightly directed. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Summon thou to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and with kindly warning: dispute with them in the kindest manner: thy Lord best knoweth those who stray from his way, and He best knoweth those who have yielded to his guidance. | ||||||
| Asad | CALL THOU (all mankind] unto thy Sustainer's path with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the most kindly manner-49 for, behold, thy Sustainer knows best as to who strays from His path, and best knows He as to who are the right-guided. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | You shall invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and kind enlightenment, and debate with them in the best possible manner. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who are the guided ones. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Invite (mankind, O Muhammad SAW) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Quran) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Call to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful exhortation. Reason with them most decently. Your Lord is best Aware of him who strays from His Path, and He is best Aware of those who go aright. | ||||||
| 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 : 16 - An-Nahl | Showing verse 125 of 128 in chapter 16 | |||||
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