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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [38:3] | Kam ahlakna min qablihim min qarninfanadaw walata heena manasin |  كم أهلكنا من قبلهم من قرن فنادوا ولات حين مناصكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | ہم نے کتنی ہی امّتوں کو اُن سے پہلے ہلاک کر دیا تو وہ (عذاب کو دیکھ کر) پکارنے لگے حالانکہ اب خلاصی (اور رہائی) کا وقت نہیں رہا تھا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!
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| Ahmed Ali | ہم نے ان سے پہلے کتنی قومیں ہلاک کر دی ہیں سو انہوں نے بڑی ہائے پکار کی اور وہ وقت خلاصی کا نہ تھا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | ہم نے ان سے پہلے کتنی سنگتیں کھپائیں تو اب وہ پکاریں اور چھوٹنے کا وقت نہ تھا | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | کتنی ہی ہلاک کرچکے ہیں ہم ان سے پہلے قومیں تو (عذاب کے وقت) وہ فریاد کرنے لگے، مگر نہیں تھا وہ وقت بچنے کا۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | ہم نے ان سے پہلے بہت سی اُمتوں کو ہلاک کردیا تو وہ (عذاب کے وقت) لگے فریاد کرنے اور وہ رہائی کا وقت نہیں تھا | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بہت غارت کر دیں ہم نے ان سے پہلے جماعتیں پھر لگے پکارنے اور وقت نہ رہا تھا خلاصی کا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اِن سے پہلے ہم ایسی کتنی ہی قوموں کو ہلاک کر چکے ہیں (اور جب اُن کی شامت آئی ہے) تو وہ چیخ اٹھے ہیں، مگر وہ وقت بچنے کا نہیں ہوتا | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | How many from (a) people of one era/generation We destroyed from before them? So they called: "And it is not the time, time for escape (expression) ." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved! | ||||||
| Pickthal | How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape! | ||||||
| Arberry | How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they called, but time was none to escape. | ||||||
| Shakir | How many did We destroy before them of the generations, then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away. | ||||||
| Sarwar | How many ancient generations did We destroy? (On facing Our torment) they cried out for help, but it was too late for them to escape. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape. | ||||||
| Malik | How many generations have We destroyed before them? When their doom approached, they all cried out for mercy, but it was no longer the time to be saved.[3] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | How many a generation We destroyed before them, then they cried when there was no longer time for escape! | ||||||
| Free Minds | How many a generation have We destroyed before them. And they called out when it was far too late. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | How many generations have We destroyed before them. They called: 'The time is neither of escape, nor safety. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | How many generations have We destroyed before them; and they cried for mercy, but it was not a time to escape. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | How many generations have we destroyed before them! And they cried for mercy but no time was it of escape! | ||||||
| Asad | How many a generation have We destroyed before their time [for this very sin]! [It is to be noted that the term qarn signifies not merely a "generation" but also - and quite frequently in the Quran - "people belonging to a particular period and environment', i.e., a "civilization" in the historical connotation of this word.] And [how] they called [unto Us] when it was too late to escape! [Lit., "while there was no time for escaping".] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Many a generation before them we annihilated. They called for help, in vain. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | How many a generation We have destroyed before them, and they cried out when there was no longer time for escape! | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | How many a generation have We (Our Law of Requital) wiped out before them, and they cried out when it was too late to escape. | ||||||
| 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. | |||||||
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