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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [27:49] | Qaloo taqasamoo biAllahilanubayyitannahu waahlahu thumma lanaqoolanna liwaliyyihi mashahidna mahlika ahlihi wa-inna lasadiqoona |  قالوا تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه وأهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك أهله وإنا لصادقونقَالُوا تَقَاسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (ان سرغنوں نے) کہا: تم آپس میں اللہ کی قسم کھا کر عہد کرو کہ ہم ضرور رات کو صالح (علیہ السلام) اور اس کے گھر والوں پر قاتلانہ حملہ کریں گے پھر ان کے وارثوں سے کہہ دیں گے کہ ہم ان کی ہلاکت کے موقع پر حاضر ہی نہ تھے اور بیشک ہم سچے ہیں | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | They said: "Swear a mutual oath by Allah that we shall make a secret night attack on him and his people, and that we shall then say to his heir (when he seeks vengeance): 'We were not present at the slaughter of his people, and we are positively telling the truth.'"
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| Ahmed Ali | کہنے لگے آپس میں الله کی قسم کھاؤ کہ صالح اور اس کے گھر والوں پر شبخوں ماریں پھر اس کے وارث سے کہہ دیں ہم تو اس کے کنبہ کی ہلاکت کے وقت موجود ہی نہ تھے اور بے شک ہم سچے ہیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | آپس میں اللہ کی قسمیں کھا کر بولے ہم ضرور رات کو چھاپا ماریں گے صا لح اور اس کے گھر والوں پر پھر اس کے وارث سے کہیں گے اس گھر والوں کے قتل کے وقت ہم حاضر نہ تھے اور بیشک ہم سچے ہیں، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | انہوں نے کہا: قسم کھاؤ باہم اللہ کی کہ ہم شبخون ماریں گے صالح اور اس کے گھروالوں پر پھر ہم کہہ دیں گے اس کے ولی سے ہم موجود نہ تھے، اس کے خاندان کی ہلاکت کے موقع پر اور ہم بالکل سچ کہتے ہیں۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کہنے لگے کہ خدا کی قسم کھاؤ کہ ہم رات کو اس پر اور اس کے گھر والوں پر شب خون ماریں گے پھر اس کے وارث سے کہہ دیں گے کہ ہم تو صالح کے گھر والوں کے موقع ہلاکت پر گئے ہی نہیں اور ہم سچ کہتے ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بولے کہ آپس میں قسم کھاؤ اللہ کی کہ البتہ رات کو جا پڑیں ہم اس پر اسکے گھر پر پھر کہدیں گے اسکے دعویٰ کرنے والے کو ہم نے نہیں دیکھا جب تباہ ہوا اس کا گھر اور ہم بیشک سچ کہتے ہیں | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | انہوں نے آپس میں کہا "خدا کی قسم کھا کر عہد کر لو کہ ہم صالحؑ اور اس کے گھر والوں پر شب خون ماریں گے اور پھر اس کے ولی سے کہہ دیں گے کہ ہم اس خاندان کی ہلاکت کے موقع پر موجود نہ تھے، ہم بالکل سچ کہتے ہیں" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | They said: "Swear/make oath (to each other) by God: 'We will attack him suddenly at night (E) and his people/family , then we will say (E) to his guardian/ally , we did not witness his people's/family's death/destruction , and we are (E) truthful (E).' " | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | They said: "Swear a mutual oath by Allah that we shall make a secret night attack on him and his people, and that we shall then say to his heir (when he seeks vengeance): 'We were not present at the slaughter of his people, and we are positively telling the truth.'" | ||||||
| Pickthal | They said: Swear one to another by Allah that we verily will attack him and his household by night, and afterward we will surely say unto his friend: We witnessed not the destruction of his household. And lo! we are truthtellers. | ||||||
| Arberry | they said, 'Swear you, one to another, by God, "We will attack him and his family by night, then we will tell his protector, We were not witnesses of the destruction of his family; and assuredly we are truthful men."' | ||||||
| Shakir | They said: Swear to each other by Allah that we will certainly make a sudden attack on him and his family by night, then we will say to his heir: We did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are most surely truthful. | ||||||
| Sarwar | They said, "Let us swear by God to do away with him and his family during the night then tell his guardian that we did not see how he and his family had been destroyed, and we shall be telling the truth." | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | They said, Take a mutual oath by Allah that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful. | ||||||
| Malik | They said to one another: "Let us pledge on oath by Allah that we shall make a secret night attack on him and his family, then we shall tell his guardian that we were not even present at the time his family was killed, and that we are telling the truth."[49] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | They said: Swear one to another by Allah that we shall attack him and his family by night, then we shall say to his heir: We witnessed not the destruction of his family, and we are surely truthful. | ||||||
| Free Minds | They said: "Swear by God to one another that we will attack him and his family at night, and we will then say to his supporters: "We did not witness who murdered his family, and we are being truthful"" | ||||||
| Qaribullah | They said: 'Let us swear by Allah to attack him and his family at night, then we will tell his guardian we were not witnesses of the destruction of his family; and surely we are truthful. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | And they said unto one another, swear ye reciprocally by God, that we will fall upon Saleh and his family by night: And afterwards we will say unto him who hath right to avenge his blood, we were not so much as present at the destruction of his family; and we certainly speak the truth. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | They said, "Swear ye to one another by God that we will surely fall on him and on his family by night: then will be say to the avenger of blood, we witnessed not the destruction of his family: and verily we speak the truth." | ||||||
| Asad | [and] after having bound one another by an oath in God's name, they said: [Lit., "by God". As is evident from 7:73 ff. and from the above allusion, the Thamud did have a vague notion of God, but their erstwhile faith had been overlaid by their excessive arrogance and thus deprived of all spiritual value.] "Indeed, we shall suddenly fall upon him and his household by night [and slay them all]; and then we shall boldly say to his next of kin, `We did not witness the destruction of his household - and, behold, we are indeed men of truth!' " | ||||||
| Khalifa** | They said, "Let us swear by GOD that we kill him and his people, then tell his tribe, `We know nothing about their death. We are truthful.' " | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | They said: "Swear one to another by Allah that we shall make a secret night attack on him and his household, and afterwards we will surely say to his near relatives: We witnessed not the destruction of his household, and verily! We are telling the truth." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | They called a meeting and after swearing to one another in the name of Allah, said, "Indeed, we shall ambush him and his family by night, and afterward we shall boldly say to his tribe, We know nothing about their death. And, behold, we are men of truth.' " | ||||||
| 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 : 27 - An-Naml | Showing verse 49 of 93 in chapter 27 | |||||
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