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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [53:34] | WaaAAta qaleelan waakda |  وأعطى قليلا وأكدىوَأَعْطَى قَلِيلًا وَأَكْدَى | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور اس نے (راہِ حق میں) تھوڑا سا (مال) دیا اور (پھر ہاتھ) روک لیا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)?
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| Ahmed Ali | اور تھوڑا سا دیا اور سخت دل ہو گیا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور کچھ تھوڑا سا دیا اور روک رکھا | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور دیا اس نے تھوڑا سا اور پھر ہاتھ روک لیا؟ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور تھوڑا سا دیا (پھر) ہاتھ روک لیا | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور لایا تھوڑا سا اور سخت نکلا | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور تھوڑا سا دے کر رک گیا | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And gave little and skimped/stinged? | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)? | ||||||
| Pickthal | And gave a little, then was grudging? | ||||||
| Arberry | and gives a little, and then grudgingly? | ||||||
| Shakir | And gives a little and (then) withholds. | ||||||
| Sarwar | and grudgingly spends very little for the cause of God?. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And gave a little and [then] refrained? | ||||||
| Malik | He gave a little from the promised amount then stopped.[34] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And gives a little, then withholds? | ||||||
| Free Minds | And he gave very little, then he stopped. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | and gives a little, grudgingly? | ||||||
| George Sale | and giveth little, and covetously stoppeth his hand? | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Who giveth little and is covetous? | ||||||
| Asad | and gives so little [of himself for the good of his soul], and so grudgingly? [My rendering of the above two verses (together with the two interpolations between brackets) is based on Razi's convincing interpretation of this passage as a return to the theme touched upon in verses 29-30.] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Rarely did he give to charity, and then very little. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And gave a little, then stopped (giving)? | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | And gives so little of himself, yet with a heavy heart? | ||||||
| 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 : 53 - An-Najm | Showing verse 34 of 62 in chapter 53 | |||||
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