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Al-Mulk Surah 67

Verse 23

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The Sovereignty • makkah

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English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

67:23

أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦٓ أَهْدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

What! is he who walks grovelling upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on the straight path?

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پس کیا وہ جو اپنی جہالت اور حیرت میں سرگرداں پھرتا ہے، زیادہ ہدایت یافتہ ہے یا وہ جو صراطِ مستقیم پر سیدھا چلتا ہے؟

French

Comment ! est-il mieux guidé, celui qui avance en rampant sur le visage, ou celui qui marche debout sur un droit chemin ?

German

Wie! ist der, der gebückt auf seinem Gesicht einhergeht, besser geleitet als jener, der aufrecht wandelt auf dem geraden Weg?

Chinese

匍匐而行[1453]的人和在正道直立而行的人相比, 谁是更获得指导的?

不信者, 在怀疑和不信的黑暗中垂下了脑袋、卑躬屈膝的走上了错路, 而信者信仰坚定, 径直地走上正道, 高高地昂起了头颅。这两者能一样？

Italian

Che! Colui che cammina strisciandosi sul viso è forse guidato meglio di chi cammina eretto lungo un sentiero diritto?

Spanish

¡Cómo! ¿Acaso quien anda inclinado sobre su rostro va mejor guiado que quien anda erguido por el camino recto?

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

کیا وہ جو اپنے منہ کے بل اوندھا چلتا ہے زیادہ ہدایت یافتہ ہے یا وہ جو صراط مستقیم پر سیدھا چلنے والا ہے؟

English - Short Commentary Translation

What! is he who walks grovelling upon his face[3085] better guided, or he who walks upright on the straight path?

The disbelievers walk on the wrong path, hanging down their heads and groveling in the darkness of doubt and disbelief, while believers, in the certainty of faith, go straight on the path of Truth, holding their heads high. Can the two be equal?

English - Five Volume Translation

What! is he who walks grovelling upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on the straight path?[4301]

Commentary:

The verse means that disbelievers walk on the wrong path, hanging down their heads and grovelling in the darkness of doubt and disbelief, while believers, in the certainty of faith, go straight on the path of truth, holding their head high. Can the two be equal?

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

بھلا سوچو، جو شخص منہ اوندھائے چل رہا ہو وہ زیادہ صحیح راہ پانے والا ہے یا وہ جو سر اٹھائے سیدھا ایک ہموار سڑک پر چل رہا ہو؟

English - Sahih

Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

پس کیا وہ شخص جو اپنے منہ کے بل اوندھا چلتا ہے وہ زیادہ راہِ راست پر ہے یا وہ جو سیدھے راستے پر سیدھا چلا جاتا ہے

English - Talal Itani

Then is he who walks fallen on his face better guided, or (he) who walks upright on (the) Path Straight?

Chinese Commentary ^*

1453

不信者, 在怀疑和不信的黑暗中垂下了脑袋、卑躬屈膝的走上了错路, 而信者信仰坚定, 径直地走上正道, 高高地昂起了头颅。这两者能一样？

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path?

English - Maududi

Who is better guided: he who walks grovelling on his face, or he who walks upright on a Straight Path?

English - Ahmed Ali

Will he find the way who grovels flat on his face, or he who walks straight on the right path?

English - Yusuf Ali

Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

4301

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

3085

English - Pickthall

Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Is, then, he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path?

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Is he who walks grovelling upon his face better guided, or he who walks upright on the straight path?

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