Lemma: ضَّفَادِع

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Then We sent upon them the storm and the locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and the blood — clear Signs; but they behaved proudly and were a sinful people.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

پس ہم نے ان پر طوفان بھیجا اور ٹڈی دَل بھی اور جوئیں اور مینڈک اور خون بھی جو الگ الگ نشانات تھے۔ تب بھی انہوں نے استکبار کیا اور وہ مجرم قوم تھے۔

French

Puis Nous avons envoyé sur eux la tempête et les sauterelles, et les poux, et les grenouilles, et le sang – des Signes manifestes – mais ils se comportèrent orgueilleusement, et restèrent un peuple pécheur.

German

Da sandten Wir über sie den Sturm und die Heuschrecken und die Läuse und die Frösche und das Blut – deutliche Zeichen –, doch sie betrugen sich hoffärtig und wurden ein sündiges Volk.

Chinese

于是我[d]降给他们水灾、蝗虫、虱子、蛙和血种种明显的迹象; 但他们依然骄傲, 成为有罪的人。

Italian

Allora Noi mandammo su di loro gli uragani e le cavallette, i pidocchi, le rane e il sangue - tutti segni evidenti. Ma essi si comportavano con orgoglio ed erano un popolo di peccatori.

Spanish

Entonces enviamos sobre ellos la tormenta y la langosta, los piojos, las ranas y la sangre –Signos claros- pero se comportaron con soberbia y fueron un pueblo pecador.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

تب ہم نے ان پر طوفان اور ٹڈیاں اور جوئیں اور مینڈک اور خون[2] بھیجا۔ (یہ) الگ الگ نشان (تھے) تب بھی انہوں نے تکبر کیا۔ اور وہ مجرم قوم بن گئے۔[3]

English - Short Commentary Translation

Then We [d]sent upon them the storm and the locusts and the lice and the frogs and the blood[1040]—clear Signs; but they behaved proudly and were a sinful people.

English - Five Volume Translation

[b]Then We sent upon them the storm and the locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and the blood—clear Signs; but they behaved proudly and were a sinful people.[1023]

17:102; 43:49.

Important Words:

القمل (lice) is derived from قمل. They say قمل رأسه i.e. his head became infected with lice or the lice abounded in his head. قمل القوم means, the people multiplied and increased in number (like unto lice). قمل فلان means, such a one became corpulent and big-bellied. So القمل (al-qaml) means, lice, etc., that infect the head or body of a person as a result of uncleanliness and filth. القمل (al-qummal) means, small ants; small insects like flies or mosquitoes having small wings and infesting vegetation and animals and men; the word has also been taken to mean lice, etc. (Aqrab & Lisan).

مفصلات (clear) also mean, separate, distinct, etc.

Commentary:

This verse explains the two kinds of punishment mentioned in 7:131 above. Locusts and storms bring about famine, whereas lice and frogs and blood may cause disease resulting in loss of life.

The Bible mentions 10 signs, besides the signs of the rod and of the white hand:

(1) the turning of the water of the river into blood; (2) frogs; (3) lice; (4) swarms of flies; (5) the murrain of beasts; (6) the plague of boils and blains; (7) the plague of hail; (8) locusts; (9) the plague of darkness; and (10) the death of the firstborn (Exod. Chaps. 7–11). All these signs are included in the signs mentioned in the verse under comment. Thus the word طوفان (storm) comprises the plague of hail and the plague of darkness; جراد (locusts) expresses the plague of locusts; قمل (lice) comprises lice, the swarms of flies, the murrain of beasts and the death of the firstborn, because all these may be caused by infection carried through lice, flies, mosquitoes, etc. The sign of الدم (the blood) comprises the turning of the water of the river into blood as well as boils and blains. The sign of blood may also comprise the death of the firstborn. The turning of the water of the river into blood may also mean that the water of the river became vitiated so that it spoiled the blood of those who drank of it. That the river was actually turned into blood is negated by the Bible itself, for we read there that the water only became blood when it was sprinkled on the land (Exod.4:9). This only means that the water of the river became unfit for drinking purpose and it vitiated the blood of those who drank it. Similarly, the storms raised dust which in turn gave rise to lice. These signs seem to have been greatly exaggerated in the Bible.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

آخر کار ہم نے ان پر طوفان بھیجا، ٹڈی دل چھوڑے، سرسریاں پھیلائیں، مینڈک نکالے، اور خو ن برسایا یہ سب نشانیاں الگ الگ کر کے دکھائیں، مگر وہ سر کشی کیے چلے گئے اور وہ بڑے ہی مجرم لوگ تھے

English - Sahih

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

پھر ہم نے ان پر طوفان اور ٹدی اور جوئیں اورمینڈک اور خون یہ سب کھلے کھلےمعجزے بھیجے پھر بھی انہوں نے تکبر ہی کیا اور لوگ گناہگار تھے

English - Talal Itani

So We sent on them the flood and the locusts and the lice and the frogs and the blood (as) signs manifest, but they showed arrogance and they were a people, criminal.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

d

17:102; 43:49.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

2

دریا لہو بن گیا (خروج باب۷ آیت۲۰۔ ۲۱) مینڈک اور جوئیں (خروج باب۸) طوفان یعنی اولے وغیرہ (خروج باب۹) ٹڈی (خروج باب۱۰)

3

کَانَ بمعنے صَارَ بھی آتا ہے (اقرب) اور یہاں یہی معنے کیے گئے ہیں۔

English - Arberry

So We let loose upon them the flood and the locusts, the lice and the frogs, the blood, distinct signs; but they waxed proud and were a sinful people.

English - Maududi

Then We afflicted them with a great flood and locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and the blood. All these were distinct signs and yet they remained haughty. They were a wicked people.

English - Ahmed Ali

So We let loose on them floods and locusts, and vermin, frogs and blood -- how many different signs. But they still remained arrogant, for they were a people full of sin.

English - Yusuf Ali

So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

b

17:102; 43:49.

1023

Important Words:

القمل (lice) is derived from قمل. They say قمل رأسه i.e. his head became infected with lice or the lice abounded in his head. قمل القوم means, the people multiplied and increased in number (like unto lice). قمل فلان means, such a one became corpulent and big-bellied. So القمل (al-qaml) means, lice, etc., that infect the head or body of a person as a result of uncleanliness and filth. القمل (al-qummal) means, small ants; small insects like flies or mosquitoes having small wings and infesting vegetation and animals and men; the word has also been taken to mean lice, etc. (Aqrab & Lisan).

مفصلات (clear) also mean, separate, distinct, etc.

Commentary:

This verse explains the two kinds of punishment mentioned in 7:131 above. Locusts and storms bring about famine, whereas lice and frogs and blood may cause disease resulting in loss of life.

The Bible mentions 10 signs, besides the signs of the rod and of the white hand:

(1) the turning of the water of the river into blood; (2) frogs; (3) lice; (4) swarms of flies; (5) the murrain of beasts; (6) the plague of boils and blains; (7) the plague of hail; (8) locusts; (9) the plague of darkness; and (10) the death of the firstborn (Exod. Chaps. 7–11). All these signs are included in the signs mentioned in the verse under comment. Thus the word طوفان (storm) comprises the plague of hail and the plague of darkness; جراد (locusts) expresses the plague of locusts; قمل (lice) comprises lice, the swarms of flies, the murrain of beasts and the death of the firstborn, because all these may be caused by infection carried through lice, flies, mosquitoes, etc. The sign of الدم (the blood) comprises the turning of the water of the river into blood as well as boils and blains. The sign of blood may also comprise the death of the firstborn. The turning of the water of the river into blood may also mean that the water of the river became vitiated so that it spoiled the blood of those who drank of it. That the river was actually turned into blood is negated by the Bible itself, for we read there that the water only became blood when it was sprinkled on the land (Exod.4:9). This only means that the water of the river became unfit for drinking purpose and it vitiated the blood of those who drank it. Similarly, the storms raised dust which in turn gave rise to lice. These signs seem to have been greatly exaggerated in the Bible.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

d

17:102; 43:49.

1040

The Bible mentions ten Signs besides the Signs of the rod and the white hand (Exod. chaps. 7-11). The biblical account seems to have greatly exaggerated the Signs.

English - Pickthall

So We sent against them the flood and the locusts and the vermin and the frogs and the blood - a succession of clear signs. But they were arrogant and became a guilty folk.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

So We sent upon them widespread death, and the locusts and the lice and the frogs and the blood -- clear signs. But they behaved haughtily and they were a guilty people.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Then We afflicted them with storms, and locusts, and lice, and frogs, and blood, so many distinct Signs, but they remained haughty and became a sinful people.

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