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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [7:173] | Aw taqooloo innama ashraka abaonamin qablu wakunna thurriyyatan min baAAdihimafatuhlikuna bima faAAala almubtiloona |  أو تقولوا إنما أشرك آباؤنا من قبل وكنا ذرية من بعدهم أفتهلكنا بما فعل المبطلونأَوْ تَقُولُواْ إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | یا (ایسا نہ ہو کہ) تم کہنے لگو کہ شرک تو محض ہمارے آباء و اجداد نے پہلے کیا تھا اور ہم تو ان کے بعد (ان کی) اولاد تھے (گویا ہم مجرم نہیں اصل مجرم وہ ہیں)، تو کیا تو ہمیں اس (گناہ) کی پاداش میں ہلاک فرمائے گا جو اہلِ باطل نے انجام دیا تھا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"
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| Ahmed Ali | یا کہنے لگو ہمارے باپ دادا نے ہم سے پہلے شرک کیاتھا اور ہم ان کے بعد ان کی اولاد تھے کیاتو ہمیں اس کام پر ہلاک کرتا ہے جو گمراہوں نے کیا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | یا کہو کہ شرک تو پہلے ہمارے باپ دادا نے کیا اور ہم ان کے بعد بچے ہوئے تو کیا تو ہمیں اس پر ہلاک فرمائے گا جو اہل باطل نے کیا | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | یا کہو تم کہ شرک تو کیا تھا ہمارے باپ دادا نے ہم سے پہلے اور ہم تھے اِن کی اولاد اِن کے بعد۔ تو کیا پھر تو ہلاک کرے گا ہمیں ان (گناہوں کی پاداش) میں جو کرتے رہے گمراہ لوگ۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | یا یہ (نہ) کہو کہ شرک تو پہلے ہمارے بڑوں نے کیا تھا۔ اور ہم تو ان کی اولاد تھے (جو) ان کے بعد (پیدا ہوئے) ۔ تو کیا جو کام اہل باطل کرتے رہے اس کے بدلے تو ہمیں ہلاک کرتا ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | یا کہنے لگو کہ شرک تو نکالا تھا ہمارے باپ دادوں نے ہم سے پہلے اور ہم ہوئے انکی اولاد ان کے پیچھے تو کیا تو ہم کو ہلاک کرتا ہے اس کام پر جو کیا گمراہوں نے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | یا یہ نہ کہنے لگو کہ "شرک کی ابتدا تو ہمارے باپ دادا نے ہم سے پہلے کی تھی اور ہم بعد کو ان کی نسل سے پیدا ہوئے، پھر کیا آپ ہمیں اُس قصور میں پکڑتے ہیں جو غلط کار لوگوں نے کیا تھا" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Or you say: "But our fathers shared/made partners (with God) from before, and we were descendants from after them, do you perish us/destroy us because (of) what the wasters/cancellors made/did ?" | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?" | ||||||
| Pickthal | Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did? | ||||||
| Arberry | or lest you say, 'Our fathers were idolaters aforetime, and we were seed after them. What, wilt Thou then destroy us for the deeds of the vain-doers?' | ||||||
| Shakir | Or you should say: Only our fathers associated others (with Allah) before, and we were an offspring after them: Wilt Thou then destroy us for what the vain doers did? | ||||||
| Sarwar | or say, "Our fathers worshipped idols before us and we as their descendants followed them. Would you then destroy us because of what the followers of falsehood have done?". | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?" | ||||||
| Malik | or lest you should say: "Our forefathers started the practice of shirk and we just followed, being their descendants. Will you then destroy us on account of following the sin committed by those wrongdoers?"[173] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Or (lest) you should say: Only our fathers ascribed partners (to Allah) before (us), and we were (their) descendants after them. Wilt Thou destroy us for what liars did? | ||||||
| Free Minds | Nor can you Say: "It was our fathers who set up partners before and we were simply a progeny who came after them. Would You destroy us for what the innovators did?" | ||||||
| Qaribullah | or you say: 'Our forefathers were idolaters before, and we were the descendants after them, will You destroy us for the deeds of the vaindoers? ' | ||||||
| George Sale | Or lest ye should say, verily our fathers were formerly guilty of idolatry, and We are their posterity who have succeeded them; wilt thou therefore destroy us for that which vain men have committed? | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Or lest ye should say, "Our fathers, indeed, aforetime joined other gods with our God, and we are their seed after them: wilt thou destroy us for the doings of vain men?" | ||||||
| Asad | or lest you say, "Verily, it was but our forefathers who, in times gone by, began to ascribe divinity to other beings beside God; and we were but their late offspring: wilt Thou, then, destroy us for the doings of those inventors of falsehoods?" | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Nor can you say, "It was our parents who practiced idolatry, and we simply followed in their footsteps. Will You punish us because of what others have innovated?" | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Or lest you should say: "It was only our fathers afortime who took others as partners in worship along with Allah, and we were (merely their) descendants after them; will You then destroy us because of the deeds of men who practised Al-Batil (i.e. polytheism and committing crimes and sins, invoking and worshipping others besides Allah)?" (Tafsir At-Tabaree). | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Nor will any excuse avail them such as, "It was our forefathers who took false gods and we inherited their belief system. Will you punish us for what falsehood others practiced?" (You will not be questioned what others used to do. No one will bear the load of another (2:134), (39:7)). | ||||||
| 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 : 7 - Al-Ar'af | Showing verse 173 of 206 in chapter 7 | |||||
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