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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [30:9] | Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimkanoo ashadda minhum quwwatan waatharoo al-ardawaAAamarooha akthara mimma AAamarooha wajaat-humrusuluhum bialbayyinati fama kana Allahuliyathlimahum walakin kanoo anfusahumyathlimoona |  أولم يسيروا في الأرض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم كانوا أشد منهم قوة وأثاروا الأرض وعمروها أكثر مما عمروها وجاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات فما كان الله ليظلمهم ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمونأَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ كَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَثَارُوا الْأَرْضَ وَعَمَرُوهَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | کیا ان لوگوں نے زمین میں سَیر و سیاحت نہیں کی تاکہ وہ دیکھ لیتے کہ ان لوگوں کا انجام کیا ہوا جو ان سے پہلے تھے، وہ لوگ اِن سے زیادہ طاقتور تھے، اور انہوں نے زمین میں زراعت کی تھی اور اسے آباد کیا تھا، اس سے کہیں بڑھ کر جس قدر اِنہوں نے زمین کو آباد کیا ہے، پھر ان کے پاس ان کے پیغمبر واضح نشانیاں لے کر آئے تھے، سو اﷲ ایسا نہ تھا کہ ان پر ظلم کرتا، لیکن وہ خود ہی اپنی جانوں پر ظلم کر رہے تھے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls.
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| Ahmed Ali | کیا انہوں نے ملک میں پھر کر نہیں دیکھا کہ ان سے پہلوں کا کیسا انجام ہوا وہ ان سے بھی بڑھ کر قوت والے تھے اور انہوں نے زمین کو جوتا تھا اور ان سے بہت زیادہ آباد کیا تھا اور ان کے پاس ان کے رسول معجزات لے کر بھی آئے تھے پھر الله ایسا نہ تھا کہ ان پر ظلم کرتا بلکہ وہی اپنے نفسوں پر ظلم کرتے تھے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور کیا انہوں نے زمین میں سفر نہ کیا کہ دیکھتے کہ ان سے اگلوں کا انجام کیسا ہوا وہ ان سے زیادہ زور آور تھے اور زمین جوتی اور آباد کی ان کی آبادی سے زیادہ اور ان کے رسول ان کے پاس روشن نشانیاں لائے تو اللہ کی شان نہ تھی کہ ان پر ظلم کرتا ہاں وہ خود ہی اپنی جانوں پر ظلم کرتے تھے | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | کیا نہیں چلے پھرے ہیں یہ زمین میں کہ دیکھتے کیا ہوا انجام ان لوگوں کا جو (ہوگزرے ہیں) ان سے پہلے۔ وہ تھے کہیں زیادہ ان سے طاقت میں اور کھیتی باڑی کی تھی انہوں نے زمین میں اور آباد کیا تھا زمین کو کہیں زیادہ اس سے جتنا آباد کیا ہے انہوں نے اسے اور آئے تھے ان کے پاس ان کے رسول کھلی نشانیاں لے کر سو نہ تھا اللہ ایسا کہ ظلم کرتا ان پر مگر وہ خود ہی اپنے اوپر ظلم کررہے تھے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | کیا اُن لوگوں نے ملک میں سیر نہیں کی (سیر کرتے) تو دیکھ لیتے کہ جو لوگ اُن سے پہلے تھے ان کا انجام کیسے ہوا۔ وہ اُن سے زورو قوت میں کہیں زیادہ تھے اور اُنہوں نے زمین کو جوتا اور اس کو اس سے زیادہ آباد کیا تھا جو اُنہوں نے آباد کیا۔ اور اُن کے پاس اُن کے پیغمبر نشانیاں لےکر آتے رہے تو خدا ایسا نہ تھا کہ اُن پر ظلم کرتا۔ بلکہ وہی اپنے آپ پر ظلم کرتے تھے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | کیا انہوں نے سیر نہیں کی ملک کی جو دیکھیں انجام کیسا ہوا ان سے پہلوں کا ان سے زیادہ تھے زور میں اور جوتا انہوں نے زمین کو اور بسایا اس کو ان کے بسانے سے زیادہ اور پہنچے ان کے پاس رسول انکے لے کر کھلے حکم سو اللہ نہ تھا ان پر ظلم کرنے والا لیکن وہ اپن | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور کیا یہ لوگ کبھی زمین میں چلے پھرے نہیں ہیں کہ اِنہیں اُن لوگوں کا انجام نظر آتا جو اِن سے پہلے گزر چکے ہیں؟ وہ اِن سے زیادہ طاقت رکھتے تھے، اُنہوں نے زمین کو خوب ادھیڑا تھا اور اُسے اتنا آباد کیا تھا جتنا اِنہوں نے نہیں کیا ہے اُن کے پاس ان کے رسول روشن نشانیاں لے کر آئے پھر اللہ ان پر ظلم کرنے والا نہ تھا، مگر وہ خود ہی اپنے اوپر ظلم کر رہے تھے | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Do they not walk/move/ride in the earth/Planet Earth, so they look/wonder about how was those from before them's end/turn (result)? They were stronger than them (in) strength/power, and they erupted and spread/plowed the earth/Planet Earth and they inhabited/built it more than what they inhabited/built it , and their messengers came to them with the evidences, so God was not to cause injustice to/oppress them, and but they were themselves causing injustice/oppression. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than these have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Surely Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves. | ||||||
| Arberry | What, have they not journeyed in the land and beheld how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than themselves in might, and they ploughed up the earth and cultivated it more than they themselves have cultivated it; and their Messengers came to them with the clear signs; and God would never wrong them, but themselves they wronged. | ||||||
| Shakir | Have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it in greater abundance than these have built on it, and there came to them their messengers with clear arguments; so it was not beseeming for Allah that He should deal with them unjustly, but they dealt unjustly with their own souls. | ||||||
| Sarwar | Have they not travelled through the land to see how terrible was the end of the people who lived before them. The people who lived before them were stronger than them in might, in tilling, and in developing the earth. Our Messengers came to them with clear miracles. God did not do an injustice to them but they wronged themselves. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed the earth and built it up more than they have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allah would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves. | ||||||
| Malik | Have they not traveled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them? They were superior in strength than these; they tilled the soil and built on it more than these have ever built. There came to them their Messengers with clear signs (but they rejected them to the detriment of their own destruction): it was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls.[9] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Have they not travelled in the earth and seen what was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in prowess, and dug up the earth, and built on it more than these have built. And their messengers came to them with clear arguments. So it was not Allah, Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves. | ||||||
| Free Minds | Did they not roam the Earth and see how it ended for those before them? They were more powerful than them, and they cultivated the land and they built in it far more than these have built, and their messengers came to them with the proofs. God was not to wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | What, have they never journeyed in the land and seen what was the end of those before them? They were stronger in might than themselves, and they plowed the land and cultivated it more than they themselves have cultivated it. And to them, their Messengers came with clear signs, and Allah did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. | ||||||
| George Sale | Do they not pass through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who were before them? They excelled the Meccans in strength, and broke up the earth, and inhabited it in greater affluence and prosperity than they inhabit the same: And their Apostles came unto them with evident miracles; and God was not disposed to treat them unjustly, but they injured their own souls by their obstinate infidelity; | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Have they never journeyed through the land, and seen what hath been the end of those who were before them? Mightier were they than these in strength; and they broke up the land, and dwelt in it in greater numbers than they who dwell there now; and their ap | ||||||
| Asad | Have they, then, never journeyed about the earth and beheld what happened in the end to those [deniers of the truth] who lived before their time? Greater were they in power than they are; and they left a stronger impact on the earth, and built it up even better [Lit., "more". The phrase can also be rendered as "peopled it [or "dwelt in it"] in great numbers".] than these [are doing]; and to them [too] came their apostles with all evidence of the truth: and so, [when they rejected the truth and thereupon perished,] it was not God who wronged them, but it was they who had wronged themselves. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Have they not roamed the earth and noted the consequences for those who preceded them? They used to be more powerful, more prosperous, and more productive on earth. Their messengers went to them with clear signs. Consequently, GOD was not the One who wronged them; they are the ones who wronged their own souls. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Do they not travel in the land, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength, and they tilled the earth and populated it in greater numbers than these (pagans) have done, and there came to them their Messengers with clear proofs. Surely, Allah wronged them not, but they used to wrong themselves. | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | (Reflecting on your own existence, the Universe, and on history can show you the Truth.) Have they not, then, traveled in the land and seen what happened in the end to those who lived before them? They were more powerful than these are, and they left a stronger impact on the earth, and built it up better than these are doing. And to them came their Messengers with all evidence of the Truth. It was not Allah Who wronged them, but it was they who used to wrong their own "Self". (35:44), (40:21) | ||||||
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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. | |||||||
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