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الكهف

Al-Kahf Surah 18

Verse 98

الكهف

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English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

18:98

فَمَا ٱسْطَٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

So they (Gog and Magog) were not able to scale it, nor were they able to dig through it.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پس اُسے پھلانگنے کی اُن میں قدرت نہ تھی اور نہ وہ استطاعت رکھتے تھے کہ اس میں نقب لگا سکیں۔

French

Ainsi ils - Gog et Magog - ne purent l’escalader, et ne purent non plus percer un chemin à travers cela.

German

So vermochten sie (Gog und Magog) nicht, sie (die Schranke) zu erklimmen, noch konnten sie sie durchlöchern.

Chinese

(当壁垒建筑好了) 他们 (雅朱者和马朱者) 既不能攀登其上, 也不能凿孔其中。

Italian

Allora essi [Gog e Magog] non poterono scalare lo sbarramento, né riuscirono ad aprirvi una breccia.

Spanish

De este modo ellos (Gog y Magog) no pudieron escalarla ni socavarla.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

پس (جب وہ دیوار تیار ہو گئی تو) وہ (یعنی یاجوج ماجوج) اس پر چڑھ نہ سکے‘ اور نہ اس میں کوئی سوراخ کرسکے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

So they (Gog and Magog) were not able to scale it, nor were they able to dig through it.[1732]

When the building of the wall was completed, the raids of Gog and Magog from the north ceased. The wall was too thick to be broken through and too high to be scaled. It was 29 feet high and 10 feet thick (Enc. Brit.) and had iron gates and watch-towers. It most effectively defended the Persian frontier.

English - Five Volume Translation

So they (Gog and Magog) were not able to scale it, nor were they able to dig through it.[2134]

Commentary:

When the building of the wall was completed the raids of Gog and Magog from the north ceased. The wall was too thick to be broken through and too high to be scaled. It was, as already stated, 29 feet high and 10 feet thick and had iron gates and watch-towers. It effectively defended the Persian frontier.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

(یہ بند ایسا تھا کہ) یاجوج و ماجوج اس پر چڑھ کر بھی نہ آ سکتے تھے اور اس میں نقب لگانا ان کے لیے اور بھی مشکل تھا

English - Sahih

So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

پھر وہ نہ اس پر چڑھ سکتے تھے اور نہ اس میں نقب لگا سکتے تھے

English - Talal Itani

So not they were able to scale it and not they were able in it (to do) any penetration.

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

So they were unable either to scale it or pierce it.

English - Maududi

Such was the rampart that Gog and Magog could not scale, nor could they pierce it.

English - Ahmed Ali

Thus (Gog and Magog) could neither climb over it nor dig a hole through (the rampart).

English - Yusuf Ali

Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

2134

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

1732

English - Pickthall

And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

So they were not able to scale it, nor could they make a hole in it.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

When all was finished Gog and Magog were not able to scale it, nor were they able to bore through it.

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