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Al-Hijr Surah 15

Verse 5

الحجر

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English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

15:5

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And We have never destroyed any town but there was for it a known decree.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور ہم نے کسی بستی کو ہلاک نہیں کیا مگر اس کے لئے ایک معلوم کتاب (بطور تنبیہ) تھی۔

French

Et Nous n’avons jamais détruit une ville quelconque sans qu’il n’y eût pour elle un décret connu.

German

Wir haben nie eine Stadt zerstört, ohne dass für sie ein wohlbekannter Erlass wäre.

Chinese

我没有毁灭任何城镇, 除非对它先前有了明显的决定。

Italian

E Noi non abbiamo mai distrutto una città salvo che non ci fosse un esplicito decreto.

Spanish

Pues nunca hemos destruido ciudad alguna sin que existiera para ella un decreto conocido.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور ہم نے کبھی کسی بستی کو بغیر اس کے کہ اس کے متعلق (پہلے سے) ایک معلوم فیصلہ ہو چکا ہو ہلاک نہیں کیا۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And never a town[1479] have We destroyed but there was for it a known decree.[1479A]

'Town' stands for the people to whom a Prophet is sent. The 'town' of the Holy Prophet has been called 'Mother of towns' in the Qur’an (6:93).

The words, 'known decree,' here signifies the time appointed for the destruction of the opponents of a Prophet as predicted by him.

English - Five Volume Translation

And We have never destroyed any town but there was for it a known decree.[1712]

Commentary:

In this verse the word "town" stands for the people to whom a Prophet is sent. The town of the Holy Prophet is called ام القری (the mother of towns) in the Quran. When the mother is visited by Divine punishment, the other places which are, as it were, its children must also share its fate. This is why in the present age, which has witnessed the advent of Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, calamities and disasters of diverse kinds have visited the world, because like his Master, the Holy Prophet of Islam, he too was raised for the whole of mankind.

The term "known decree" here means the time appointed for the destruction of the opponents of a Prophet and predicted by him. To the opponents of a Prophet punishment comes only after it has been foretold by him.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

ہم نے اِس سے پہلے جس بستی کو بھی ہلاک کیا ہے اس کے لیے ایک خاص مہلت عمل لکھی جاچکی تھی

English - Sahih

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور ہم نے جتنی بستیاں ہلاک کی ہیں ان سب کے لیے ایک مقرر وقت لکھا ہوا تھا

English - Talal Itani

And not We destroyed any town but (there was) for it a decree known.

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree,

English - Maududi

Whenever We destroyed a town, a definite term had previously been decreed for it.

English - Ahmed Ali

Not one habitation have We destroyed but at the time determined for it.

English - Yusuf Ali

Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

1712

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

1479

'Town' stands for the people to whom a Prophet is sent. The 'town' of the Holy Prophet has been called 'Mother of towns' in the Qur’an (6:93).

1479A

The words, 'known decree,' here signifies the time appointed for the destruction of the opponents of a Prophet as predicted by him.

English - Pickthall

And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And never did We destroy a town but it had a decree made known.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

We have never destroyed a township except after a definite decree has gone forth concerning it.

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