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Al-Hajj Surah 22

Verse 46

الحج

The Pilgrimage • madinah

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English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

22:46

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And how many a city have We destroyed, while it was given to wrongdoing, so that it is fallen down on its roofs; and how many a deserted well and lofty castle!

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور کتنی ہی بستیاں ہیں جنہیں ہم نے ہلاک کر دیا جبکہ وہ ظلم کرنے والی تھیں۔ پس اب وہ اپنی چھتوں کے بل گری پڑی ہیں اور کتنے ہی متروک کنوئیں ہیں اور مضبوط بنائے ہوئے محل ہیں (جن سے ایسا ہی سلوک کیا گیا)۔

French

Et que de villes avons-Nous détruites, tandis qu’elles s’adonnaient à l’iniquité, si bien que leurs toits se sont effondrés sur elles. Et que de puits désertés et des palais solidement construits en ruines !

German

Wie so manche Stadt haben Wir zerstört, weil sie voll des Frevels war, dass ihre Dächer mit ihr eingestürzt sind, und manch verlassenen Brunnen und manch hochragendes Schloss!

Chinese

[b]多少城镇, 我在其居民多行不义时, 把它们毁灭了, 它们现在倒秃在它们的屋顶上, (废墟迄今尚在)。还存有许多荒废的井和 (已毁坏了的) 高丛城堡。

7:5; 21:12; 28:59; 65:9, 10.

Italian

E quante città Noi abbiamo distrutto, mentre si davano al male, così che ora sono rase al suolo; e quanti pozzi sono deserti e quanti castelli elevati sono ridotti in rovina.

Spanish

¡Cuántas ciudades hemos destruido mientras estaban dedicadas a la iniquidad, hasta el punto de derruir sus techos! ¡cuántos pozos y plazas fuertes abandonados!

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور کتنی ہی بستیاں ہیں جن کو ہم نے اس حالت میں ہلاک کیا تھا کہ وہ ظلم کر رہی تھیں وہ آج اپنی چھتوں پر گری پڑی ہیں اور کتنے کنوئیں ہیں جو بالکل متروک ہیں اور کتنے اونچے اونچے قلعے ہیں جو تباہ ہو چکے ہیں۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

[a]And how many a city have We destroyed, which was given to wrongdoing, so that it is fallen down on its roofs; and how many a well is deserted and how many a lofty castle lies in ruins!

7:5; 21:12; 28:59; 65:9, 10.

English - Five Volume Translation

[a]And how many a city have We destroyed, while it was given to wrongdoing, so that it is fallen down on its roofs; and how many a deserted well and lofty castle![2475]

7:5; 21:12; 28:59; 65:9-10.

Important Words:

خاویة (fallen) is derived from خوی. They say خوی البیت i.e. (1) the house fell down in ruins; (2) it became empty and untenanted (Aqrab). See also 2:260.

معطلة (deserted) is derived from عطل. They say عطل الشیء (attala) i.e. he rendered the thing untended or neglected. عطل البئرmeans, he gave up going to the well to drink from it. عطل الابل means, the camels went away without a pastor to look after them (Aqrab). واذا العشار عطلت means, and when the she-camels ten-months pregnant are abandoned or are left without a pastor to look after them (81:5).

مشید (lofty) means, lofty, strongly or firmly built. See also 4:79.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

کتنی ہی خطاکاربستیاں ہیں جن کو ہم نے تباہ کیا ہے اور آج وہ اپنی چھتوں پر اُلٹی پڑی ہیں، کتنے ہی کنویں بیکار اور کتنے ہی قصر کھنڈر بنے ہوئے ہیں

English - Sahih

And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

سو کتنی بستیاں ہم نے ہلاک کر دیں اور وہ گناہ گار تھیں اب وہ اپنی چھتوں پر گری پڑی ہیں اور کتنے کنوئیں نکمے اور کتنے پکے محل اجڑے اجڑے پڑے ہیں

English - Talal Itani

And how many of a township We have destroyed it, while it was doing wrong, so it fell on its roofs, and well abandoned, and castle lofty.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

7:5; 21:12; 28:59; 65:9, 10.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

How many a city We have destroyed in its evildoing, and now it is fallen down upon its turrets! How many a ruined well, a tall palace!

English - Maududi

How many towns have We destroyed because their people were steeped in iniquity: so they lie fallen down upon their turrets! How many wells lie deserted; and how many towering palaces lie in ruins!

English - Ahmed Ali

How many a habitation given to wickedness have We destroyed, whose roofs tumbled down, which fell into ruins. How many a well and fortress reinforced lie abandoned!

English - Yusuf Ali

How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

7:5; 21:12; 28:59; 65:9-10.

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Important Words:

خاویة (fallen) is derived from خوی. They say خوی البیت i.e. (1) the house fell down in ruins; (2) it became empty and untenanted (Aqrab). See also 2:260.

مشید (lofty) means, lofty, strongly or firmly built. See also 4:79.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

7:5; 21:12; 28:59; 65:9, 10.

English - Pickthall

How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it lieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty tower!

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

How many a town We destroyed while it was iniquitous, so it is fallen down upon its roofs; and (how many) a deserted well and palace raised high!

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

How many a city have We destroyed which was given to wrongdoing, so that it is fallen down on its roofs, and how many a well is deserted and how many a lofty castle is in ruins!

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