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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [16:70] | WaAllahu khalaqakum thummayatawaffakum waminkum man yuraddu ila arthalialAAumuri likay la yaAAlama baAAda AAilmin shay-an innaAllaha AAaleemun qadeerun |  والله خلقكم ثم يتوفاكم ومنكم من يرد إلى أرذل العمر لكي لا يعلم بعد علم شيئا إن الله عليم قديروَاللّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لاَ يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور اللہ نے تمہیں پیدا فرمایا ہے پھر وہ تمہیں وفات دیتا (یعنی تمہاری روح قبض کرتا) ہے۔ اور تم میں سے کسی کو ناقص ترین عمر (بڑھاپا) کی طرف پھیر دیا جاتا ہے تاکہ (زندگی میں بہت کچھ) جان لینے کے بعد اب کچھ بھی نہ جانے (یعنی انسان مرنے سے پہلے اپنی بے بسی و کم مائیگی کا منظر بھی دیکھ لے)، بیشک اللہ خوب جاننے والا بڑی قدرت والا ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
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| Ahmed Ali | اور الله نے تمہیں پیدا کیا پھر وہی تمہیں مارتاہے اور کوئی تم میں سے نکمی عمر تک پہنچایا جاتا ہے جو سمجھ دار ہونے کے بعد نادان ہو جاتا ہے بےشک الله جاننے والا قدرت والا ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور اللہ نے تمہیں پیدا کیا پھر تمہاری جان قبض کرے گا اور تم میں کوئی سب سے ناقض عمر کی طرف پھیرا جاتا ہے کہ جاننے کے بعد کچھ نہ جانے بیشک اللہ کچھ جانتا ہے سب کچھ کرسکتا ہے، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور اللہ ہی نے تم کو پیدا کیا ہے پھر وہ تم کو موت دیتا ہے۔ اور تم میں سے کچھ وہ ہیں جو پہنچائے جاتے ہیں بدترین عمر میں تاکہ (وہ ایسے بُوڑھے ہوجائیں کہ) نہ جان سکیں سب کچھ جاننے کے بعد کچھ بھی۔ یقینا اللہ ہے سب کچھ جاننے والا اور بڑی قدرت والا۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور خدا ہی نے تم کو پیدا کیا۔ پھر وہی تم کو موت دیتا ہے اور تم میں بعض ایسے ہوتے ہیں کہ نہایت خراب عمر کو پہنچ جاتے ہیں اور (بہت کچھ) جاننے کے بعد ہر چیز سے بےعلم ہوجاتے ہیں۔ بےشک خدا (سب کچھ) جاننے والا (اور) قدرت والا ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور اللہ نے تم کو پیدا کیا پھر تم کو موت دیتا ہے اور کوئی تم میں سے پہنچ جاتا ہے نکمی عمر کو کہ سمجھنے کے پیچھے اب کچھ نہ سمجھے اللہ خبردار ہے قدرت والا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور دیکھو، اللہ نے تم کو پیدا کیا، پھر وہ تم کو موت دیتا ہے، اور تم میں سے کوئی بد ترین عمر کو پہنچا دیا جاتا ہے تاکہ سب کچھ جاننے کے بعد پھر کچھ نہ جانے حق یہ ہے کہ اللہ ہی علم میں بھی کامل ہے اور قدرت میں بھی | ||||||
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| Literal | And God created you, then He makes you die, and from you who is returned to the lifetime's worst/meanest/despised, so that (he) not know after knowledge a thing, that your Lord (is) knowledgeable, capable . | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful. | ||||||
| Pickthal | And Allah createth you, then causeth you to die, and among you is he who is brought back to the most abject stage of life, so that he knoweth nothing after (having had) knowledge. Lo! Allah is Knower, Powerful. | ||||||
| Arberry | God created you; then He will gather you to Him; and some of you will be kept back unto the vilest state of life, that after knowing somewhat, they may know nothing; God is All-knowing, All-powerful. | ||||||
| Shakir | And Allah has created you, then He causes you to die, and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after having knowledge he does not know anything; surely Allah is Knowing, Powerful. | ||||||
| Sarwar | God has created you and He causes you to die. Some of you will grow to an extremely old age and lose your memory. God is All-knowing and Almighty. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent. | ||||||
| Malik | Allah is the One Who created you, then He causes you to die; there are some amongst you whose lives are prolonged to an abject old age so that they know nothing after having known much. In fact Allah is the All-Knowing, Almighty.[70] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And Allah creates you, then He causes you to die; and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that he knows nothing after having knowledge. Surely Allah is Knowing, Powerful. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And God created you then He will take you. And some of you will continue to old age so that he will not know anything more after his knowledge. God is Knowing, Capable. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Allah created you, and causes you to die. There are some of you who, after knowing something, will be kept back to the vilest state of life, knowing nothing. Allah is the Knowing, Powerful. | ||||||
| George Sale | God hath created you, and He will hereafter cause you to die: And some of you shall have his life prolonged to a decrepit age, so that he shall forget whatever he knew; for God is wise and powerful. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | And God hath created you; by and bye will he take you to himself; and some among you will he carry on to abject old age, when all that once was known is known no longer. Aye, God is Knowing, Powerful. | ||||||
| Asad | AND GOD has created you, and in time will cause you to die; and many a one of you is reduced in old age to a most abject state, ceasing to know anything of what he once knew so well." Verily, God is all-knowing, infinite in His power! | ||||||
| Khalifa** | GOD created you, then He terminates your lives. He lets some of you live to the oldest age, only to find out that there is a limit to the knowledge they can acquire. GOD is Omniscient, Omnipotent. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And Allah has created you and then He will cause you to die, and of you there are some who are sent back to senility, so that they know nothing after having known (much). Truly! Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | And Allah has created you, and in time will cause you to die. There are some among you whose lives are prolonged to an abject old age, ceasing to know what they once knew so well. (The time to do good deeds is when you are capable). Verily, Allah is all-Knowing, the Powerful Appointer of His Laws (22:5). | ||||||
| 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 70 of 128 in chapter 16 | |||||
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