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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [27:46] | Qala ya qawmi limatastaAAjiloona bialssayyi-ati qabla alhasanati lawlatastaghfiroona Allaha laAAallakum turhamoona |  قال يا قوم لم تستعجلون بالسيئة قبل الحسنة لولا تستغفرون الله لعلكم ترحمونقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (صالح علیہ السلام نے) فرمایا: اے میری قوم! تم لوگ بھلائی (یعنی رحمت) سے پہلے برائی (یعنی عذاب) میں کیوں جلدی چاہتے ہو؟ تم اللہ سے بخشش کیوں طلب نہیں کرتے تاکہ تم پر رحم کیا جائے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | He said: "O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil in preference to the good? If only ye ask Allah for forgiveness, ye may hope to receive mercy.
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| Ahmed Ali | کہا اے میری قوم بھلائی سے پہلے برائی کو کیوں جلدی مانگتے ہو الله سے گناہ کیوں نہیں بخشواتے تاکہ تم پر رحم کیا جائے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | صا لح نے فرمایا اے میری قوم! کیوں برائی کی جلدی کرتے ہو بھلائی سے پہلے اللہ سے بخشش کیوں نہیں مانگتے شاید تم پر رحم ہو | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | صالح نے کہا: اے میرے قوم! کیوں جلدی مچاتے ہو تم برائی کے لیے بھلائی سے پہلے؟ کیوں نہیں تم مغفرت طلب کرتے اللہ سے؟ شاید کہ تم پر رحم کیا جائے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | صالح نے کہا کہ بھائیو تم بھلائی سے پہلے برائی کے لئے کیوں جلدی کرتے ہو (اور) خدا سے بخشش کیوں نہیں مانگتے تاکہ تم پر رحم کیا جائے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | کہا اے میری قوم کیوں جلدی مانگتے ہو برائی کو پہلے بھلائی سے کیوں نہیں گناہ بخشواتے اللہ سے شاید تم پر رحم ہو جائے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | صالحؑ نے کہا "“اے میری قوم کے لوگو، بھلائی سے پہلے بُرائی کے لیے کیوں جلدی مچاتے ہو؟ کیوں نہیں اللہ سے مغفرت طلب کرتے؟ شاید کہ تم پر رحم فرمایا جائے؟" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | He said: "You my nation, why (do) you hasten/urge with the sin/crime before the good/goodness? If only you ask God for forgiveness, maybe/perhaps you attain mercy." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | He said: "O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil in preference to the good? If only ye ask Allah for forgiveness, ye may hope to receive mercy. | ||||||
| Pickthal | He said: O my people! Why will ye hasten on the evil rather than the good? Why will ye not ask pardon of Allah, that ye may receive mercy. | ||||||
| Arberry | He said, 'O my people, why do you seek to hasten evil before good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of God? Haply so you will find mercy.' | ||||||
| Shakir | He said: O my people! why do you seek to hasten on the evil before the good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of Allah so that you may be dealt with mercifully? | ||||||
| Sarwar | Salih said, "My people, why do you commit sins so quickly before doing good? Would that you ask forgiveness from God so that perhaps He will have mercy upon you." | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | He said, O my people, why are you impatient for evil instead of good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah that you may receive mercy? | ||||||
| Malik | Saleh said: "O my people! Why do you wish to hasten towards evil rather than good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of Allah so that you may be shown mercy?"[46] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | He said: O my people, who do you hasten on the evil before the good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of Allah so that you may have mercy? | ||||||
| Free Minds | He said: "My people, why do you hasten with evil ahead of good? If you would only seek God's forgiveness, perhaps you will receive mercy." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | 'My nation, ' he said, 'why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good? Why do you not ask the forgiveness of Allah, in order that you find mercy? ' | ||||||
| George Sale | Saleh said, O my people, why do ye hasten evil rather than good? Unless ye ask pardon of God, that ye may obtain mercy, ye are lost. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | He said, "O my people, why, if ye ask not pardon of God that ye may find mercy, hasten ye on evil rather than good?" | ||||||
| Asad | Said [Salih to the erring ones]: Why do you seek to hasten the coming upon you of evil instead of hoping for the good?" [Lit., "hasten the evil before the good": cf. 13:6 and the corresponding note; also the second sentence of 10:50.] Why do you not, rather, ask God to forgive you your sins, so that you might be graced with His mercy?" | ||||||
| Khalifa** | He said, "O my people, why do you hasten to commit evil instead of good works? If only you implore GOD for forgiveness, you may attain mercy." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | He said: "O my people! Why do you seek to hasten the evil (torment) before the good (Allahs Mercy)? Why seek you not the Forgiveness of Allah, that you may receive mercy?" | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Saleh said, "O My people! Why do you hasten to commit evil instead of doing good? Why do you not (mend your ways and) ask Allah to forgive you, so that you may become worthy of His Mercy?" | ||||||
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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 : 27 - An-Naml | Showing verse 46 of 93 in chapter 27 | |||||
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