Stem مَّعۡلُوۡمٍ - Quranic Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures thereof and We send it not down except in a known measure.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور کوئی چیز نہیں مگر ہمارے پاس اس کے خزانے ہیں اور ہم اسے نازل نہیں کرتے مگر ایک معلوم اندازے کے مطابق۔

French

Et il n’existe pas une chose dont Nous n’ayons avec Nous des réserves illimitées ; et Nous ne la faisons pas descendre sauf dans une mesure connue.

German

Und es gibt kein Ding, von dem Wir nicht Schätze hätten; aber Wir senden es nur nach bestimmtem Maß hinab.

Chinese

[d]每种东西, 我这里都有其 (无限的) 仓库, 但我以一定的限量下降它。

Italian

E non v'è cosa di cui presso di Noi non esistano dei tesori, e Noi non la facciamo discendere se non in una certa misura.

Spanish

Y no existe cosa alguna cuyos tesoros no estén en Nosotros, y sólo los enviamos en medida conocida.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور کوئی چیز ایسی نہیں جس کے (غیر محدود) خزانے ہمارے پاس نہ ہوں۔ لیکن ہم اسے ایک معین اندازے سے ہی اتارا کرتے ہیں۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And [d]there is not a thing but are limitless treasures thereof with Us and We send it not down except in a known measure.[1490]

English - Five Volume Translation

And [a]there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures thereof and We send it not down except in a known measure.[1728]

40:14.

Commentary:

This verse further explains the meaning of the previous verse. It purports to say that God possesses an unlimited stock of everything. But in His infinite mercy He directs the minds of men to a certain thing only when a real and genuine need for it arises. Then it happens that men begin to find access to the required thing and derive benefit from it. For example, there was a time when men did not know the various uses and properties of iron. When, however, the proper time arrived for all its manifold potentialities and uses to be known, they were discovered and these discoveries led to a great change in human affairs. Similar is the case of coal and of petroleum. These things opened up a great vista of progress for mankind. Again, discovery of electricity and the wonderful inventions that have come in its wake have revolutionized human life. Thus the universe has been unfolding its secrets from age to age. The verse under comment purports to say that, like the material universe, the Quran is a spiritual universe in which lie hidden treasures of spiritual knowledge which are revealed to man according to the needs of the time. It is not like other books that it should have served its purpose and then become a dead thing. On the contrary, like the physical universe, the Quran comprehends unlimited treasures of spiritual knowledge for all times. It is, therefore, impossible that it should be left without Divine protection until all the generations for whom its treasures are meant have received them. Other revealed Scriptures never laid any claim about the inexhaustibility of their treasures and therefore they did not enjoy eternal Divine protection.

The subject matter of the previous verse has been further developed in the verse under comment, viz. the protection and preservation of the Quran, but, in a different form. The present verse is intended to point to the provision for the removal of such doubts and misgivings as were to arise in future in the hearts of the people, including Muslims themselves.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

کوئی چیز ایسی نہیں جس کے خزانے ہمارے پاس نہ ہوں، اور جس چیز کو بھی ہم نازل کرتے ہیں ایک مقرر مقدار میں نازل کرتے ہیں

English - Sahih

And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

او رہر چیز کے ہمارے پاس خزانے ہیں اورہم صرف اسے اندازہ معین پر نازل کرتے ہیں

English - Talal Itani

And not (is) any thing but with Us (are) its treasures, and not We send it down except in a measure known.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

d

40:14.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

Naught is there, but its treasuries are with Us, and We send it not down but in a known measure.

English - Maududi

There is nothing except that its treasuries are with Us and We do not send it down except in a known measure.

English - Ahmed Ali

Of all things there are We have the stores, and send them down in determined measure.

English - Yusuf Ali

And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and ascertainable measures.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

40:14.

1728

Commentary:

This verse further explains the meaning of the previous verse. It purports to say that God possesses an unlimited stock of everything. But in His infinite mercy He directs the minds of men to a certain thing only when a real and genuine need for it arises. Then it happens that men begin to find access to the required thing and derive benefit from it. For example, there was a time when men did not know the various uses and properties of iron. When, however, the proper time arrived for all its manifold potentialities and uses to be known, they were discovered and these discoveries led to a great change in human affairs. Similar is the case of coal and of petroleum. These things opened up a great vista of progress for mankind. Again, discovery of electricity and the wonderful inventions that have come in its wake have revolutionized human life. Thus the universe has been unfolding its secrets from age to age. The verse under comment purports to say that, like the material universe, the Quran is a spiritual universe in which lie hidden treasures of spiritual knowledge which are revealed to man according to the needs of the time. It is not like other books that it should have served its purpose and then become a dead thing. On the contrary, like the physical universe, the Quran comprehends unlimited treasures of spiritual knowledge for all times. It is, therefore, impossible that it should be left without Divine protection until all the generations for whom its treasures are meant have received them. Other revealed Scriptures never laid any claim about the inexhaustibility of their treasures and therefore they did not enjoy eternal Divine protection.

The subject matter of the previous verse has been further developed in the verse under comment, viz. the protection and preservation of the Quran, but, in a different form. The present verse is intended to point to the provision for the removal of such doubts and misgivings as were to arise in future in the hearts of the people, including Muslims themselves.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

d

40:14.

1490

God possesses an unlimited stock of everything. But in His infinite mercy He directs the minds of men to a particular thing only when a real and genuine need for it arises. Like the material universe, the Qur’an is a spiritual universe in which lie hidden treasures of spiritual knowledge which are revealed to man according to the needs of the time.

English - Pickthall

And there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We send it not down but in a known measure.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

There is not a thing but We have unbounded stores thereof, and We send it down in regulated quantities.

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