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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [8:31] | Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunaqaloo qad samiAAna law nashao laqulnamithla hatha in hatha illa asateerual-awwaleena |  وإذا تتلى عليهم آياتنا قالوا قد سمعنا لو نشاء لقلنا مثل هذا إن هذا إلا أساطير الأولينوَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا قَالُواْ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـذَا إِنْ هَـذَا إِلاَّ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | اور جب ان پر ہماری آیتیں پڑھی جاتی ہیں (تو) وہ کہتے ہیں: بیشک ہم نے سن لیا اگر ہم چاہیں تو ہم بھی اس (کلام) کے مثل کہہ سکتے ہیں یہ تو اگلوں کی (خیالی) داستانوں کے سوا (کچھ بھی) نہیں ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
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| Ahmed Ali | اور جب ان کے سامنے ہماری آیتیں پڑھی جاتی ہیں تو کہتے ہیں کہ ہم نے سن لیا اور اگر ہم چاہیں تو اس کے برابر ہم بھی کہہ دیں اس میں پہلو ں کے قصے کے سوا اور کچھ نہیں | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اور جب ان پر ہماری آیتیں پڑھی جائیں تو کہتے ہیں ہاں ہم نے سنا ہم چاہتے تو ایسی ہم بھی کہہ دیتے یہ تو نہیں مگر اگلوں کے قصے | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | اور جب تلاوت کی جاتی ہیں اُ کے سامنے ہماری آیات تو وہ کہتے ہیں کہ ہاں سن لیا ہم نے، اگر ہم چاہیں تو بناسکتے ہیں ہم بھی ایسی ہی باتیں، نہیں ہیں یہ، مگر کہانیاں پہلے لوگوں کی۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | اور جب ان کو ہماری آیتیں پڑھ کر سنائی جاتی ہیں تو کہتے ہیں (یہ کلام) ہم نے سن لیا ہے اگر ہم چاہیں تو اسی طرح کا (کلام) ہم بھی کہہ دیں اور یہ ہے ہی کیا صرف اگلے لوگوں کی حکایتیں ہیں | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | اور جب کوئی پڑھے ان پر ہماری آیتیں تو کہیں ہم سن چکے اگر ہم چاہیں تو ہم بھی کہہ لیں ایسا یہ تو کچھ بھی نہیں مگر احوال ہیں اگلوں کے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | جب ان کو ہماری آیات سنائی جاتی تھیں تو کہتے تھے کہ “ہاں سُن لیا ہم نے، ہم چاہیں تو ایسی ہی باتیں ہم بھی بنا سکتے ہیں، یہ تو وہی پُرانی کہانیاں ہیں جو پہلے سے لوگ کہتے چلے آ رہے ہیں " | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | And when Our evidences/verses are read/recited on them, they said: "We had heard/listened, and if we116want/will we would have said similar/equal (to) that, that that (is) except the firsts'/beginners' myths/baseless stories ." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients." | ||||||
| Pickthal | And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old. | ||||||
| Arberry | And When Our signs were being recited to them, they said, 'We have already heard; if we wished, we could say the like of this; this is naught but the fairy-tales of the ancients.' | ||||||
| Shakir | And when Our communications are recited to them, they say: We have heard indeed; if we pleased we could say the like of it; this is nothing but the stories of the ancients. | ||||||
| Sarwar | When Our revelations are recited to them (the unbelievers), they say, "We have heard them. Had we wanted, we could also have composed such statements; they are no more than ancient legends." | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | And when Our verses are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we willed, we could say [something] like this. This is not but legends of the former peoples." | ||||||
| Malik | Whenever Our revelations are recited to them they say: "Well, we have heard this. If we wanted we could fabricate the like. These are nothing but the tales of the ancients."[31] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | And when our messages are recited to them, they say: We have heard. If we wished, we could say the like of it; this is nothing but the stories of the ancients. | ||||||
| Free Minds | And if Our revelations are recited to them, they Say: "We have listened, and if we wish, we could have said the same thing. This is nothing but tales of the ancients!" | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Whenever Our verses are recited to them, they say: 'We have heard them, if we wished, we could speak its like. They are but tales of the ancients. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | And when our signs are repeated unto them, they say, we have heard; if we pleased we could certainly pronounce a composition like unto this: This is nothing but fables of the ancients. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | And oft as our signs were rehearsed to them, they said, "Now have we heard: if we pleased we could certainly utter its like! Yes, it is mere tales of the ancients." | ||||||
| Asad | And whenever Our messages were conveyed to them, they would say, "We have heard [all this] before; if we wanted, we could certainly compose sayings like these [ourselves]: they are nothing but fables of ancient times!" | ||||||
| Khalifa** | When our revelations are recited to them, they say, "We have heard. If we wanted to, we could have said the same things. These are no more than tales from the past!" | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | And when Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to them, they say: "We have heard this (the Quran); if we wish we can say the like of this. This is nothing but the tales of the ancients." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | When Our Messages are conveyed to them, they say, "We have heard. If we wish, we can speak like it. This is nothing but fables of the ancient." | ||||||
| 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 : 8 - Al-Anfal | Showing verse 31 of 75 in chapter 8 | |||||
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