- Sura: 7 - al-A`araaf (The Heights) From Ayat: 175 to 179
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِي آتَيْنَاهُ آيَاتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْغَاوِينَ (175
اور انھیں اس شخص کی خبر سنائیے جس کو ہم نے اپنی آیتیں عطا کیں پھر وہ ان سے بالکل الگ ہوگیا اور شیطان نے اس کا پیچھا پکڑلیا تو وہ گمراہوں میں ہوگیا
[YOUSAF ALI] Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray.
[ PICKTHAL ] Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray.
[ SHAKIR ] And recite to them the narrative of him to whom We give Our communications, but he withdraws himself from them, so the Shaitan overtakes him, so he is of those who go astray.
- Sura: 7 - al-A`araaf (The Heights) From Ayat: 175 to 179
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ ۚ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا ۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ (176
اور اگر ہم چاہتے تو اسے ان ہی آیتوں کے سبب بلند کردیتے لیکن وہ خود زمین کی طرف جھک گیا اور اس نے خواہشات کی پیروی اختیار کرلی تو اب اس کی مثال کِتّے جیسی ہے کہ اس پر حملہ کرو توبھی زبان نکالے رہے اور چھوڑ دو تو بھی زبان نکالے رہے -یہ اس قوم کی مثال ہے جس نے ہماری آیات کی تکذیب کی تو اب آپ ان قصّوں کو بیان کریں کہ شاید یہ غور وفکر کرنے لگیں
[YOUSAF ALI] If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.
[ PICKTHAL ] And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.
[ SHAKIR ] And if We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his low desire, so his parable is as the parable of the dog; if you attack him he lolls out his tongue; and if you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue; this is the parable of the people who reject Our communications; therefore relate the narrative that they may reflect.
- Sura: 7 - al-A`araaf (The Heights) From Ayat: 175 to 179
سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنْفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ (177
کس قدر بفِی مثال ہے اس قوم کی جس نے ہماری آیات کی تکذیب کی اور وہ لوگ اپنے ہی نفس پرظلم کررہے تھے
[YOUSAF ALI] Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.
[ PICKTHAL ] Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont to wrong themselves.
[ SHAKIR ] Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our communications and are unjust to their own souls.
- Sura: 7 - al-A`araaf (The Heights) From Ayat: 175 to 179
مَنْ يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي ۖ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ (178
جس کو خدا ہدایت دے دے ہدایت یافتہ ہے اور جس کو گمراہی میں چھوڑدے وہی خسارہ والوں میں ہے
[YOUSAF ALI] Whom Allah doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who perish.
[ PICKTHAL ] He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sendeth astray - they indeed are losers.
[ SHAKIR ] Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the one who follows the right way; and whomsoever He causes to err, these are the losers.
- Sura: 7 - al-A`araaf (The Heights) From Ayat: 175 to 179
وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ (179
اور یقینا ہم نے انسان و جنات کی ایک کثیر تعداد کو گویا جہّنم کے لئے پیدا کیا ہے کہ ان کے پاس دل ہیں مگر سمجھتے نہیں ہیں اور آنکھیں ہیں مگر دیکھتے نہیں ہیں اور کان ہیں مگر سنتے نہیں ہیں -یہ چوپایوں جیسے ہیں بلکہ ان سے بھی زیادہ گمراہ ہیں اور یہی لوگ اصل میں غافل ہیں
[YOUSAF ALI] Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning).
[ PICKTHAL ] Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful.
[ SHAKIR ] And certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men; they have hearts with which they do not understand, and they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear; they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors; these are the heedless ones.
- Sura: 10 - Yunus (Jonas) Ayat: 36
وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا ۚ إِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ (36
اور ان کی اکثریت تو صرف خیالات کا اتباع کرتی ہے جب کہ گمان حق کے بارے میں کوئی فائدہ نہیں پہنچاسکتا بیشک اللہ ان کے اعمال سے خوب واقف ہے
[YOUSAF ALI] But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
[ PICKTHAL ] Most of them follow not but conjecture. Assuredly conjecture can by no means take the place of truth. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do.
[ SHAKIR ] And most of them do not follow (anything) but conjecture; surely conjecture will not avail aught against the truth; surely Allah is cognizant of what they do.
- Sura: 19 - Maryam (Mary) From Ayat: 73 to 74
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَيُّ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا (73
اور جب ان کے سامنے ہماری کِھلی ہوئی آیتیں پیش کی جاتی ہیں تو ان میں کے کافر صاحبان ایمان سے کہتے ہیں کہ ہم دونوں میں کس کی جگہ بہتر اور کس کی منزل زیادہ حسن ہے
[YOUSAF ALI] When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point of position? Which makes the best show in council?"
[ PICKTHAL ] And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Which of the two parties (yours or ours) is better in position, and more imposing as an army?
[ SHAKIR ] And when Our clear communications are recited to them, those who disbelieve say to those who believe: Which of the two parties is best in abiding and best in assembly?
- Sura: 19 - Maryam (Mary) From Ayat: 73 to 74
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَاثًا وَرِئْيًا (74
اور ہم نے ان سے پہلے کتنی ہی جماعتوں کوہلاک کُردیا ہے جو سازوسامان اور نام و نمود میں ان سے کہیں زیادہ بہتر تھے
[YOUSAF ALI] But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?
[ PICKTHAL ] How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!
[ SHAKIR ] And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance!
- Sura: 22 - al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) Ayat: 46
أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصَارُ وَلَٰكِنْ تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُورِ (46
کیا ان لوگوں نے زمین میں سیر نہیں کی ہے کہ ان کے پاس ایسے دل ہوتے جو سمجھ سکتے اور ایسے کان ہوتے جو سن سکتے اس لئے کہ درحقیقت آنکھیں اندھی نہیں ہوتی ہیں بلکہ وہ دل اندھے ہوتے ہیں جو سینوں کے اندر پائے جاتے ہیں
[YOUSAF ALI] Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds) may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts which are in their breasts.
[ PICKTHAL ] Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith to feel and ears wherewith to hear? For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind.
[ SHAKIR ] Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to hear? For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.
- Sura: 26 - ash-Shu`araa (The Poets) Ayat: 111
۞ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ (111
ان لوگوں نے کہا کہ ہم آپ پر کس طرح ایمان لے آئیں جبکہ آپ کے سارے پیروکار پست طبقہ کے لوگ ہیں
[YOUSAF ALI] They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"
[ PICKTHAL ] They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
[ SHAKIR ] They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?
- Sura: 34 - Saba (Sheba) From Ayat: 34 to 35
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كَافِرُونَ (34
اور ہم نے کسی بستی میں کوئی ڈرانے والا نہیں بھیجا مگر یہ کہ اس کے بڑے لوگوں نے یہ کہہ دیا کہ ہم تمہارے پیغام کا انکار کرنے والے ہیں
[YOUSAF ALI] Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with which ye have been sent."
[ PICKTHAL ] And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.
[ SHAKIR ] And We never sent a warner to a town but those who led lives in ease in it said: We are surely disbelievers in what you are sent with.
- Sura: 34 - Saba (Sheba) From Ayat: 34 to 35
وَقَالُوا نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَمْوَالًا وَأَوْلَادًا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ (35
اور یہ بھی کہہ دیا کہ ہم اموال اور اولاد کے اعتبار سے تم سے بہتر ہیں اور ہم پر عذاب ہونے والا نہیں ہے
[YOUSAF ALI] They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."
[ PICKTHAL ] And they say: We are more (than you) in wealth and children. We are not the punished!
[ SHAKIR ] And they say: We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be punished.
- Sura: 45 - al-Jaathiya (Crouching) Ayat: 23
أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ (23
کیا آپ نے اس شخص کو بھی دیکھا ہے جس نے اپنی خواہش ہی کو خدا بنالیا ہے اور خدا نے اسی حالت کو دیکھ کر اسے گمراہی میں چھوڑ دیا ہے اور اس کے کان اور دل پر مہر لگادی ہے اور اس کی آنکھ پر پردے پڑے ہوئے ہیں اور خدا کے بعد کون ہدایت کرسکتا ہے کیا تم اتنا بھی غور نہیں کرتے ہو
[YOUSAF ALI] Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition?
[ PICKTHAL ] Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?
[ SHAKIR ] Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?
