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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [18:104] | Allatheena dalla saAAyuhumfee alhayati alddunya wahum yahsaboonaannahum yuhsinoona sunAAan |  الذين ضل سعيهم في الحياة الدنيا وهم يحسبون أنهم يحسنون صنعاالَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | یہ وہ لوگ ہیں جن کی ساری جد و جہد دنیا کی زندگی میں ہی برباد ہوگئی اور وہ یہ خیال کرتے ہیں کہ ہم بڑے اچھے کام انجام دے رہے ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"
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| Ahmed Ali | وہ جن کی ساری کوشش دنیا کی زندگی میں کھوئی گئی اور وہ خیال کرتے ہیں کہ بے شک وہ اچھے کام کر رہے ہیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | ان کے جن کی ساری کوشش دنیا کی زندگی میں گم گئی اور وہ اس خیال میں ہیں کہ اچھا کام کررہے ہیں، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | وہ کہ ضائع ہوگئی اُن کی جد و جہد دُنیاوی زندگی کے کاموں میں اور وہ سمجھتے رہے کہ وہ اچھّے کام کر رہے ہیں۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | وہ لوگ جن کی سعی دنیا کی زندگی میں برباد ہوگئی۔ اور وہ یہ سمجھے ہوئے ہیں کہ اچھے کام کر رہے ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | وہ لوگ جن کی کوشش بھٹکتی رہی دنیا کی زندگی میں اور وہ سمجھتے رہے کہ خوب بناتے ہیں کام | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | وہ کہ دنیا کی زندگی میں جن کی ساری سعی و جہد راہِ راست سے بھٹکی رہی اور وہ سمجھتے رہے کہ وہ سب کچھ ٹھیک کر رہے ہیں | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Those whom their endeavors/striving (was) wasted/lost in the life the present/worldly life and they, they206think/suppose that they, they do good work/performance . | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?" | ||||||
| Pickthal | Those whose effort goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they do good work. | ||||||
| Arberry | Those whose striving goes astray in the present life, while they think that they are working good deeds. | ||||||
| Shakir | (These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they think that they are well versed in skill of the work of hands. | ||||||
| Sarwar | It will be those who labor a great deal in this life but without guidance, yet think that they are doing a great many good deeds. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work. | ||||||
| Malik | Those whose all efforts in this worldly life had gone astray from the Right Way, but all along they were under the delusion that they were doing good deeds;[104] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Those whose effort goes astray in this world | ||||||
| Free Minds | "Those whose efforts in the worldly life were wasted while they thought they were doing good!" | ||||||
| Qaribullah | (They are) those whose striving in this world go astray, while they think that what they are doing are good deeds. | ||||||
| George Sale | whose endeavour in the present life hath been wrongly directed, and who think they do the work which is right? | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Whose aim in the present life hath been mistaken, and who deem that what they do is right? | ||||||
| Asad | "[It is] they whose labour has gone astray in [the pursuit of no more than] this world's life, and who none the less think that they are doing good works: | ||||||
| Khalifa** | "They are the ones whose works in this life are totally astray, but they think that they are doing good." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds! | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | They are the ones whose effort in the life of the world remains misdirected. And yet they think that they are doing good work. (They work in the wrong cause, contrary to the Divine Reminder). | ||||||
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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 : 18 - Al-Kahf | Showing verse 104 of 110 in chapter 18 | |||||
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