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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [6:157] | Aw taqooloo law anna onzila AAalaynaalkitabu lakunna ahda minhum faqad jaakumbayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan warahmatun faman athlamumimman kaththaba bi-ayati Allahi wasadafaAAanha sanajzee allatheena yasdifoona AAan ayatinasoo-a alAAathabi bima kanoo yasdifoona |  أو تقولوا لو أنا أنزل علينا الكتاب لكنا أهدى منهم فقد جاءكم بينة من ربكم وهدى ورحمة فمن أظلم ممن كذب بآيات الله وصدف عنها سنجزي الذين يصدفون عن آياتنا سوء العذاب بما كانوا يصدفونأَوْ تَقُولُواْ لَوْ أَنَّا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّا أَهْدَى مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَاءَكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِ اللّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا سَنَجْزِي الَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصْدِفُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | یا یہ (نہ) کہو کہ اگر ہم پر کتاب اتاری جاتی تو ہم یقیناً ان سے زیادہ ہدایت یافتہ ہوتے، سو اب تمہارے رب کی طرف تمہارے پاس واضح دلیل اور ہدایت اور رحمت آچکی ہے، پھر اس سے بڑھ کر ظالم کون ہو سکتا ہے جو اﷲ کی آیتوں کو جھٹلائے اور ان سے کترائے۔ ہم عنقریب ان لوگوں کو جو ہماری آیتوں سے گریز کرتے ہیں برے عذاب کی سزا دیں گے اس وجہ سے کہ وہ (آیاتِ ربّانی سے) اِعراض کرتے تھے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now then hath come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then who could do more wrong than one who rejecteth Allah's signs, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn away from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away.
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| Ahmed Ali | یا یہ کہو کہ اگر ہم پر کتاب نازل کی جاتی تو ہم ان سے بہتر راہ پر چلتے سو تمہارے پاس تمہارے رب کی ھرف سے ایک واضح کتاب اور ہدایت اور رحمت آ چکی ہے اب اس سے زیادہ کون ظالم ہے جو الله کی آیتوں کوجھٹلائے اور ان سے منہ موڑے جو لوگ ہماری آیتوں سے منہ موڑتے ہیں ہم انہیں ان کے منہ موڑنے کے باعث برے عذاب کی سزا دیں گے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | یا کہو کہ اگر ہم پر کتاب اُترتی تو ہم ان سے زیادہ ٹھیک راہ پر ہوتے تو تمہارے پاس تمہارے رب کی روشن دلیل اور ہدایت او ر رحمت آئی تو اس سے زیادہ ظالم کون جو اللہ کی آیتوں کو جھٹلائے اور ان سے منہ پھیرے عنقریب وہ جو ہماری آیتوں سے منہ پھیرتے ہیں ہم انہیں بڑے عذاب کی سزا دیں گے بدلہ ان کے منہ پھیرنے کا، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | یا کہنے لگو کہ اگر کہیں نازل ہوتی ہم پر کتاب تو یقینا ہوتے ہم زیادہ ہدایت یافتہ اُن سے سو بے شک آگئی تمہارے پاس روش دلیل تمہارے رب کی طرف سے اور ہدایت اور رحمت۔ پس کون ہے بڑا ظالم اس سے جو جُھٹلائے اللہ کی آیات کو اور منہ موڑلے اُن سے۔ عنقریب ہم سزا دیں گے ان لوگوں کو جو منہ موڑتے ہیں ہماری آیات سے، بدترین عذاب کی بوجہ اُن کے مُنہ موڑنے کے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | یا (یہ نہ) کہو کہ اگر ہم پر بھی کتاب نازل ہوتی تو ہم ان لوگوں کی نسبت کہیں سیدھے رستے پر ہوتے سو تمہارے پاس تمہارے پروردگار کی طرف سے دلیل اور ہدایت اور رحمت آ گئی ہے تو اس سے بڑھ کر ظالم کون ہوگا جو خدا کی آیتوں کی تکذیب کرے اور ان سے (لوگوں کو) پھیرے جو لوگ ہماری آیتوں سے پھیرتے ہیں اس پھیرنے کے سبب ہم ان کو برے عذاب کی سزا دیں گے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | یا کہنے لگو کہ اگر ہم پر اترتی کتاب تو ہم تو راہ پر چلتے ان سے بہتر سو آ چکی تمہارے پاس حجت تمہارے رب کی طرف سے اور ہدایت اور رحمت اب اس سے زیادہ ظالم کون جو جھٹلاوے اللہ کی آیتوں کو اور ان سے کتراوے ہم سزا دیں گے ان کو جو ہماری آیتوں سے کتراتے ہیں | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | اور اب تم یہ بہانہ بھی نہیں کرسکتے کہ اگر ہم پر کتاب نازل کی گئی ہوتی تو ہم ان سے زیادہ راست رو ثابت ہوتے تمہارے پاس تمہارے رب کی طرف سے ایک دلیل روشن اور ہدایت اور رحمت آ گئی ہے، اب اس سے بڑھ کر ظالم کون ہوگا جو اللہ کی آیات کو جھٹلائے اور ان سے منہ موڑے جو لوگ ہماری آیات سے منہ موڑتے ہیں انہیں اس رو گردانی کی پاداش میں ہم بدترین سزا دے کر رہیں گے | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Or you say: "If (only) that The Book was descended on us, we would have been more guided than them." So an evidence had come to you from your Lord, and guidance, and mercy, so who (is) more unjust/oppressive than who denied/falsified with God's verses/evidences and discouraged/turned away from it? We will reward/reimburse those who discourage/turn away from Our verses/evidences the torture's evil/harm ,because (of) what they were discouraging/turning away. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now then hath come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy: then who could do more wrong than one who rejecteth Allah's signs, and turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn away from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they. Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our revelations an evil doom because of their aversion. | ||||||
| Arberry | or lest you say, 'If the Book had been sent down upon us, we had surely been more rightly guided than they.' Yet indeed a clear sign has come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy; and who does greater evil than he who cries lies to God's signs, and turns away from them? We shall surely recompense those who turn away from Our signs with an evil chastisement for their turning away. | ||||||
| Shakir | Or lest you should say: If the Book had been revealed to us, we would certainly have been better guided than they, so indeed there has come to you clear proof from your Lord, and guidance and mercy. Who then is more unjust than he who rejects Allah's communications and turns away from them? We will reward those who turn away from Our communications with an evil chastisement because they turned away. | ||||||
| Sarwar | or proclaim, "Had the Book been revealed to us, we would have followed its guidance better than the (Jews and Christians). Evidence, guidance, and mercy have already come to you from your Lord. Who are more unjust than those who reject God's revelations and turn away from them? We will give an evil recompense to those who turn away from Our revelations and a terrible torment for their disregard (of Our guidance) | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allah and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away. | ||||||
| Malik | or lest you say: "If the Book had been revealed to us, we could have followed its guidance better than them," a veritable sign has now come to you from your Lord as a guidance and mercy. Who then is more unjust than the one who denies the revelations of Allah and turns away from them? Very soon those who turn away from Our revelations will face dreadful punishment for their aversion.[157] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Or, lest you should say: If the Book had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they. So indeed there has come to you clear proof from your Lord, and guidance and mercy. Who is then more unjust than he who rejects Allah | ||||||
| Free Minds | Or you Say: "If the Scripture was sent to us we would have been more guided than they!" Clarity has come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who is more wicked than one who denies God's revelations and turns away from them? We will punish those who turn away from Our revelations with the pain of retribution for what they turned away. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Or (you say), 'Had the Book been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than they. ' Indeed a clear sign has now come to you from your Lord; a guidance and a mercy. And who is more harmful than he who belies the verses of Allah and turns away from them! We shall recompense those who turn away from Our verses with an evil punishment for their turning away. | ||||||
| George Sale | Or lest ye should say, if a book of divine revelations had been sent down unto us, we would surely have better directed than they. And now hath a manifest declaration come unto you from your Lord, and a direction and mercy: And who is more unjust than he who deviseth lies against the signs of God, and turneth aside from them? We will reward those who turn aside from our signs with a grievous punishment, because they have turned aside. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Or lest ye should say, "If a book had been sent down to us, we had surely followed the guidance better than they." But now hath a clear exposition come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who then is more wicked than he who treateth the sign | ||||||
| Asad | or lest you say, "If a divine writ had been bestowed from on high upon us, we would surely have followed its guidance better than they did."8 And so, a clear evidence of the truth has now come unto you from your Sustainer, and guidance, and grace. Who, then, could be more wicked than he who gives the lie to God's messages, and turns away from them in disdain? We shall requite those who turn away from Our messages in disdain with evil suffering for having thus turned away! | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Nor can you say, "If only a scripture could come down to us, we would be better guided than they." A proven scripture has now come to you from your Lord, and a beacon, and a mercy. Now, who is more evil than one who rejects these proofs from GOD, and disregards them? We will commit those who disregard our proofs to the worst retribution for their heedlessness. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Or lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: "If only the Book had been sent down to us, we would surely have been better guided than they (Jews and Christians)." So now has come unto you a clear proof (the Quran) from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who then does more wrong than one who rejects the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah and turns away therefrom? We shall requite those who turn away from Our Ayat with an evil torment, because of their turning away (from them). (Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 8, Page 95) | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Or lest you say, "If a Divine Scripture had come to us, we would be better guided than they. Now has come to you a clear evidence of Truth from your Lord. It is a Beacon and Mercy. Who can be a greater transgressor than the one who denies the Revelations of Allah and turns away from them in disregard? Our Law of Requital will award those who turn away from Our Revelations, an awful suffering for their disregard. | ||||||
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| 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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