Verse 21:42 | inQuran

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And Messengers have indeed been mocked at before thee, but that whereat they mocked encompassed those of them who scoffed.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور رسولوں سے تجھ سے پہلے بھی تمسخر کیا گیا۔ پس اُن کو جنہوں نے ان (رسولوں) سے تمسخر کیا انہی باتوں نے گھیر لیا جن سے وہ تمسخر کیا کرتے تھے۔

French

Et en vérité des Messagers avant toi ont été raillés, mais ce dont ils se moquaient a cerné les railleurs d’entre eux.

German

Es sind fürwahr schon vor dir Gesandte verspottet worden, dann aber traf jene, die gehöhnt, das, worüber sie spotteten.

Chinese

[d]在你之前的使者也都遭受了嘲笑, 但[e]嘲笑者遭受了他们所嘲笑的惩罚。

Italian

E in verità altri messaggeri furono derisi prima di te, ma ciò che deridevano avvolse gli stessi derisori.

Spanish

Antes de ti los Mensajeros fueron ciertamente escarnecidos, pero aquello de lo que se burlaban rodeó a quienes se mofaron.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور تجھ سے پہلے جو رسول گذرے ہیں ان سے بھی ہنسی کی گئی تھی‘ لیکن نتیجہ یہ ہوا کہ جنہوں نے ان رسولوں سے ہنسی کی تھی ان کو انہی باتوں نے آکر گھیر لیا جن کے ذریعہ سے وہ نبیوں کی ہنسی اڑاتے تھے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

[c]And Messengers have indeed been mocked at before thee, but [d]whereat they mocked encompassed those of them who scoffed.

English - Five Volume Translation

[b]And Messengers have indeed been mocked at before thee, but that [c]whereat they mocked encompassed those of them who scoffed.[2382]

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

مذاق تم سے پہلے بھی رسُولوں کا اڑایا جا چکا ہے، مگر اُن کا مذاق اڑانے والے اُسی چیز کے پھیر میں آ کر رہے جس کا وہ مذاق اڑاتے تھے

English - Sahih

And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور تجھ سے پہلے بھی رسولوں کے ساتھ ٹھٹھا کیا گیا ہے پھر جس عذاب کی بابت وہ ہنسی کیا کرتے تھے ان ٹھٹھا کرنے والوں پر وہی آ پڑا

English - Talal Itani

And verily, were mocked Messengers before you then surrounded those who mocked from them what they used at it (to) mock.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

d

6:11; 13:33.

e

11:9; 46:27.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Messengers indeed were mocked at before thee, but those that scoffed at them were encompassed by that they mocked at.

English - Maududi

Other Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who scoffed at the Messengers were overtaken by the same scourge that they had scoffed at.

English - Ahmed Ali

Many apostles have been scoffed before you; but they who scoffed were themselves caught by what they had ridiculed.

English - Yusuf Ali

Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

6:11; 13:33.

c

11:9; 46:27.

2382

Commentary:

The verse makes mention of two things which never fail to occur when a Prophet preaches his message: (a) the message is held up to scorn and the Prophet himself is mocked and jeered at; and (b) the jeering and mocking of the scoffers always recoils on their own heads and they themselves become the laughing-stock of the world.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

c

6:11; 13:33.

d

11:9; 46:27.

English - Pickthall

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And messengers before thee were indeed mocked, so there befell those of them who scoffed, that whereat they scoffed.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Messengers have been mocked at before thee, but that whereat they mocked encompassed those of them who scoffed.

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