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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [47:18] | Fahal yanthuroona illaalssaAAata an ta/tiyahum baghtatan faqad jaaashratuha faanna lahum itha jaat-humthikrahum |  فهل ينظرون إلا الساعة أن تأتيهم بغتة فقد جاء أشراطها فأنى لهم إذا جاءتهم ذكراهمفَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا السَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَاءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا فَأَنَّى لَهُمْ إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَاهُمْ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | تو اب یہ (منکر) لوگ صرف قیامت ہی کا انتظار کر رہے ہیں کہ وہ ان پر اچانک آپہنچے؟ سو واقعی اس کی نشانیاں (قریب) آپہنچی ہیں، پھر انہیں ان کی نصیحت کہاں (مفید) ہوگی جب (خود) قیامت (ہی) آپہنچے گے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?
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| Ahmed Ali | پھر کیا وہ اس گھڑی کا انتظار کرتے ہیں کہ ان پر ناگہان آئے پس تحقیق اس کی علامتیں تو ظاہر ہو چکیں ہیں پھر جب وہ آگئی تو ان کا سمجھنا کیا فائدہ دے گا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | تو کاہے کے انتظار میں ہیں مگر قیامت کے کہ ان پر اچانک آجائے، کہ اس کی علامتیں تو آہی چکی ہیں پھر جب آجائے گی تو کہاں وہ اور کہاں ان کا سمجھنا، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | سو نہیں انتظار کررہے یہ (منکرین) مگر قیامت کی گھڑی کا کہ آجائے وہ ان پر اچانک سو یقینا آچکی ہیں اس کی علامات۔ پھر کونسا موقع ہوگا ان کے لیے۔ جب آہی جائے گی ان پر وہ گھڑی۔ نصیحت قبول کرنے کا۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اب تو یہ لوگ قیامت ہی کو دیکھ رہے ہیں کہ ناگہاں ان پر آ واقع ہو۔ سو اس کی نشانیاں (وقوع میں) آچکی ہیں۔ پھر جب وہ ان پر آ نازل ہوگی اس وقت انہیں نصیحت کہاں (مفید ہوسکے گی؟) | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اب یہی انتظار کرتے ہیں قیامت کا کہ آ کھڑی ہو ان پر اچانک سو آچکی ہیں اسکی نشانیاں پھر کہاں نصیب ہو گا انکو جب وہ آ پہنچے ان پر سمجھ پکڑنا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اب کیا یہ لوگ بس قیامت ہی کے منتظر ہیں کہ وہ اچانک اِن پر آ جائے؟ اُس کی علامات تو آ چکی ہیں جب وہ خود آ جائے گی تو اِن کے لیے نصیحت قبول کرنے کا کونسا موقع باقی رہ جائے گا؟ | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | So do they wait/watch except (for) the Hour/Resurrection that (E) it comes to them suddenly/unexpectedly, so its signs/indications had (E) come, so how (is it) for them if/when their reminder/remembrance came to them? | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition? | ||||||
| Pickthal | Await they aught save the Hour, that it should come upon them unawares? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But how, when it hath come upon them, can they take their warning? | ||||||
| Arberry | Are they looking for aught but the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly? Already its tokens have come; so, when it has come to them, how shall they have their Reminder? | ||||||
| Shakir | Do they then wait for aught but the hour that it should come to them all of a sudden? Now indeed the tokens of it have (already) come, but how shall they have their reminder when it comes on them? | ||||||
| Sarwar | Are they waiting for the Hour of Doom to suddenly approach them? Its signs have already appeared. How will they then come to their senses when the Hour itself will approach them?. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then what good to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance? | ||||||
| Malik | Are they waiting for the Hour of Doom to overtake them all of a sudden? Do they not know that its signs have already come and when it will actually overtake them, what chance will they have to benefit by this admonition?[18] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Wait they for aught but the Hour that it should come upon them of a sudden? Now tokens thereof have already come. But how will they have their reminder, when it comes on them? | ||||||
| Free Minds | So are they waiting until the Hour comes to them suddenly? For its conditions have already been met. But once it comes to them, how will they benefit from their message? | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Are they looking except for the Hour to overtake them suddenly? Its signs have come. But how will they be reminded when it has come to them? | ||||||
| George Sale | Do the infidels wait for any other than the last hour, that it may come upon them suddenly? Some signs thereof are already come: And when it shall actually overtake them, how can they then receive admonition? | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | For what do the infidels wait, but that the Hour come suddenly on them? Already are its signs come, and when it hath come on them indeed, how can they be warned then? | ||||||
| Asad | Are, then, they [whose hearts are sealed] waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden? But it has already been foretold! [Lit., "its indications have already come": a reference to the many Quranic predictions of its inevitability, as well as to the evidence, accessible to every unprejudiced mind, of the temporal finality of all creation.] And what will their remembrance [of their past sins] avail them, once it has come upon them? [I.e., "of what benefit will be to them, when the Last Hour comes, their dawning awareness of having sinned, and their belated repentance?"] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Are they waiting until the Hour comes to them suddenly? All the signs thereof have already come. Once the Hour comes to them, how will they benefit from their message? | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Do they then await (anything) other than the Hour, that it should come upon them suddenly? But some of its portents (indications and signs) have already come, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their reminder? | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Are they, then, waiting for the Hour that may come upon them suddenly? And the signs of confrontation have already appeared. And when it comes to them, how shall their understanding (of the Truth) will help them? | ||||||
| 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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