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| 1. [18:19] | Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum faibAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahadan |  وكذلك بعثناهم ليتساءلوا بينهم قال قائل منهم كم لبثتم قالوا لبثنا يوما أو بعض يوم قالوا ربكم أعلم بما لبثتم فابعثوا أحدكم بورقكم هذه إلى المدينة فلينظر أيها أزكى طعاما فليأتكم برزق منه وليتلطف ولا يشعرن بكم أحداوَكَذَلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُوا أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَذِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَا أَزْكَى طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلاَ يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور اسی طرح ہم نے انہیں اٹھا دیا تاکہ وہ آپس میں دریافت کریں، (چنانچہ) ان میں سے ایک کہنے والے نے کہا: تم (یہاں) کتنا عرصہ ٹھہرے ہو؟ انہوں نے کہا: ہم (یہاں) ایک دن یا اس کا (بھی) کچھ حصہ ٹھہرے ہیں، (بالآخر) کہنے لگے: تمہارا رب ہی بہتر جانتا ہے کہ تم (یہاں) کتنا عرصہ ٹھہرے ہو، سو تم اپنے میں سے کسی ایک کو اپنا یہ سکہ دے کر شہر کی طرف بھیجو پھر وہ دیکھے کہ کون سا کھانا زیادہ حلال اور پاکیزہ ہے تو اس میں سے کچھ کھانا تمہارے پاس لے آئے اور اسے چاہئے کہ (آنے جانے اور خریدنے میں) آہستگی اور نرمی سے کام لے اور کسی ایک شخص کو (بھی) تمہاری خبر نہ ہونے دے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "Allah (alone) knows best how long ye have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you.
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| Ahmed Ali | اوراسی طرح ہم نے انہیں جگا دیا تاکہ ایک دوسرے سے پوچھیں ان میں سے ایک نے کہا تم کتنی دیر ٹہرے ہو انہوں نے کہا ہم ایک دن یا دن سے کم ٹھیرے ہیں کہا تمہارا رب خوب جانتا ہے جتنی دیر تم ٹھہرے ہو اب اپنے میں سے ایک کو یہ اپنا روپیہ دے کر اس شہر میں بھیجو پھر دیکھے کون سا کھانا ستھرا ہے پھر تمہارے پاس اس میں سے کھانا لائے اور نرمی سے جائے اور تمہارے متعلق کسی کو نہ بتائے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور یوں ہی ہم نے ان کو جگایا کہ آپس میں ایک دوسرے سے احوال پوچھیں ان میں ایک کہنے والا بولا تم یہاں کتنی دیر رہے، کچھ بولے کہ ایک دن رہے یا دن سے کم دوسرے بولے تمہارا رب خوب جانتا ہے جتنا تم ٹھہرے تو اپنے میں ایک کو یہ چاندی لے کر شہر میں بھیجو پھر وہ غور کرے کہ وہاں کون سا کھانا زیادہ ستھرا ہے کہ تمہارے لیے اس میں سے کھانے کو لائے اور چاہیے کہ نرمی کرے اور ہرگز کسی کو تمہاری اطلاع نہ دے، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور اسی طرح اُٹھا کھڑا کیا ہم نے اُنھیں تاکہ پُوچھیں ایک دوسرے سے آپس میں۔ کہا ایک کہنے والے نے اُن میں سے کتنی دیر رہے ہو تم (اس حال میں)؟ اُنہوں نے کہا رہے ہیں ہم دن بھر یا دن کا کچھ حصّہ (پھر) وہ بولے تمھارا رب ہی بہتر جانتا ہے کہ کتنی دیر تم رہے ہو۔ اچھّا! بھیجو اپنے ایک آدمی کو اپنا یہ روپیہ دے کر شہر کی طرف اور اُسے چاہیے کہ وہ دیکھے کہ کس کا اچّھا ہے کھانا پھر لے آئے وہ تمہارے پاس کچھ کھانا اس سے اور چاہیے کہ ہوشیار رہے کہ نہ خبر دے بیٹھے تمہاری کسی کو۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور اس طرح ہم نے ان کو اٹھایا تاکہ آپس میں ایک دوسرے سے دریافت کریں۔ ایک کہنے والے نے کہا کہ تم (یہاں) کتنی مدت رہے؟ انہوں نے کہا کہ ایک دن یا اس سے بھی کم۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ جتنی مدت تم رہے ہو تمہارا پروردگار ہی اس کو خوب جانتا ہے۔ تو اپنے میں سے کسی کو یہ روپیہ دے کر شہر کو بھیجو وہ دیکھے کہ نفیس کھانا کون سا ہے تو اس میں سے کھانا لے آئے اور آہستہ آہستہ آئے جائے اور تمہارا حال کسی کو نہ بتائے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور اسی طرح ان کو جگا دیا ہم نے کہ آپس میں پوچھنے لگے ایک بولا ان میں کتنی دیر ٹھہرےتم بولے ہم ٹھہرے ایک دن یا دن سے کم بولے تمہارا رب ہی خوب جانے جتنی دیر تم رہے ہو اب بھیجو اپنے میں سے ایک کو یہ روپیہ دے کر اپنا اس شہر میں پھر دیکھے کونسا کھانا ستھرا ہے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور اسی عجیب کرشمے سے ہم نے انہیں اٹھا بٹھایا تاکہ ذرا آپس میں پوچھ گچھ کریں ان میں سے ایک نے پوچھا "کہو کتنی دیر اس حال میں رہے؟"دوسروں نے کہا "شاید دن بھر یا اس سے کچھ کم رہے ہوں گے" پھر وہ بولے "اللہ ہی بہتر جانتا ہے کہ ہمارا کتنا وقت اس حالت میں گزرا چلو، اب اپنے میں سے کسی کو چاندی کا یہ سکہ دے کر شہر بھیجیں اور وہ دیکھے کہ سب سے اچھا کھانا کہاں ملتا ہے وہاں سے وہ کچھ کھانے کے لیے لائے اور چاہیے کہ ذرا ہوشیاری سے کام کرے، ایسا نہ ہو کہ وہ کسی کو ہمارے یہاں ہونے سے خبردار کر بیٹھے | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And as/like that We sent/resurrected/revived them to ask/question each other between them, a speaker from them said: "How much (have) you stayed/remained ?" They said: "We stayed/remained a day or part of a day." They said: "Your Lord (is) more knowledgeable with what you stayed/remained , so send one of you with this your paper/money to the city/town so he looks/watches/waits (E) which/what (is a) more pure/correct food, so he comes to you with a provision/means of livelihood from it, and (he) should be courteous/polite , and do not make anyone feel/know/sense with (about) you." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "Allah (alone) knows best how long ye have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you. | ||||||
| Pickthal | And in like manner We awakened them that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They said: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, (Others) said: Your Lord best knoweth what ye have tarried. Now send one of you with this your silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest there and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no man know of you. | ||||||
| Arberry | And even so We raised them up again that they might question one another. One of them said, 'How long have you tarried?' They said, 'We have tarried a day, or part of a day.' They said, 'Your Lord knows very well how long you have tarried. Now send one of you forth with this silver to the city, and let him look for which of them has purest food, and bring you provision thereof; let him be courteous, and apprise no man of you. | ||||||
| Shakir | And thus did We rouse them that they might question each other. A speaker among them said: How long have you tarried? They said: We have tarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others) said: Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried. Now send one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city, then let him see which of them has purest food, so let him bring you provision from it, and let him behave with gentleness, and by no means make your case known to any one: | ||||||
| Sarwar | We roused them from their sleep so that they would question each other about their stay in the cave. One of them said, "How long do you think we have stayed here?" They replied, "A day or part of a day." They added, " Your Lord knows better how long we have stayed here. Let us send one of us with this money to the city to get some pure food so that we might eat. He should be careful so that no one will know about us. If they were to recognize us, | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you. | ||||||
| Malik | In the same miraculous way We woke them up from sleep so that they could question one another. One of them asked: "How long have you been here?" The others answered: "Maybe we have been here for a day or part of a day." Finally they concluded: "Our Lord knows best how long we have stayed here. Anyhow let one of us go to the city with this silver coin, and let him find who has the purest food and bring us something to eat. Let him behave with caution and let him not disclose our whereabouts.[19] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And thus did We rouse them that they might question each other. A speaker from among them said: How long have you tarried? They said: We have tarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others) said: Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried. Now send one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city, then let him see what food is purest, and bring you provision from it, and let him behave with gentleness, and not make your case known to anyone. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And it was thus that We delivered them so they would ask themselves. A speaker from amongst them said: "How long have you stayed?" They said: "We stayed a day or part of a day." He said: "Your Lord is surely aware how long you stayed, so send one of you with these stamped coins of yours to the city, and let him see which is the tastiest food, and let him come with a provision of it. And let him be careful and let no one take notice of you." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | As such We revived them so that they might question one another. 'How long have you stayed here? ' asked one of them. 'We have been here a day, or part of it, ' they replied. They said: 'Your Lord knows best how long we have stayed here. Let one of you go to the city with this silver (coin) and let him search for one who has the purest food and bring provision from it. Let him be courteous, but let no one sense it is you. | ||||||
| George Sale | And so We awaked them from their sleep, that they might ask questions of one another. One of them spake and said, how long have ye tarried here? They answered, we have tarried a day, or part of a day. The others said, your Lord, best knoweth the time ye have tarried: And now send one of you with this your money into the city, and let him see which of its inhabitants hath the best and cheapest food, and let him bring you provision from him; and let him behave circumspectly, and not discover you to any one. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | So we awaked them that they might question one another. Said one of them, "How long have ye tarried here?" They said, "We have tarried a day or part of day." They said, "Your Lord knoweth best how long ye have tarried: Send now one of you with this your co | ||||||
| Asad | And so, [in the course of time,] We awakened them;' and they began to ask one another [as to what had happened to them]." One of them asked: "How long have you remained thus?" [The others] answered: "We have remained thus a day, or part of a day." ' Said they [who were endowed with deeper insight]: "Your Sustainer knows best how long you have thus remained. Let, then, one of you go with these silver coins to the town, and let him find out what food is purest there, and bring you thereof [some] provisions. But let him behave with great care and by no means make anyone aware of you: | ||||||
| Khalifa** | When we resurrected them, they asked each other, "How long have you been here?" "We have been here one day or part of the day," they answered. "Your Lord knows best how long we stayed here, so let us send one of us with this money to the city. Let him fetch the cleanest food, and buy some for us. Let him keep a low profile, and attract no attention. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Likewise, We awakened them (from their long deep sleep) that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: "How long have you stayed (here)?" They said: "We have stayed (perhaps) a day or part of a day." They said: "Your Lord (Alone) knows best how long you have stayed (here). So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town, and let him find out which is the good lawful food, and bring some of that to you. And let him be careful and let no man know of you. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | And so, when We caused them to rise (out of the Cave), they began to ask one another (about the next step). One of them asked, "How long have you been here?" "We have been here a day or part of a day!" they answered. Finally they said, "Your Lord knows best how long. (They were so committed to their mission that they hardly noticed how the days and nights went by). Let one of you go with these silver coins to the town, and look for the best available food, and bring you some provisions. But let him exercise caution, and by no means make anyone aware of you." | ||||||
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