Word نُّهْلِكَ - Quran Morphology

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And when We intend to destroy a township, We address Our commandment to its rebellious people, but they transgress therein; so the sentence of punishment becomes due against it, and We destroy it with utter destruction.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور جب ہم ارادہ کر لیتے ہیں کہ کسی بستی کو تباہ کردیں تو اُس کے خوشحال لوگوں کو حکم دے دیتے ہیں (کہ من مانی کارروائیاں کرتے پھریں) پھر وہ اس میں فسق و فجور کرتے ہیں تو اس پر فرمان صادق آجاتا ہے سو ہم اس کو ملیامیٹ کر دیتے ہیں۔

French

Et lorsque Nous projetons de détruire une ville, Nous laissons ceux parmi eux qui vivent dans l’opulence d’agir à leur guise. Par conséquent, ils s’y adonnent dans cette ville à toutes sortes de péchés jusqu’à ce que soit justifié le châtiment qui leur tombe dessus. Nous la détruisons alors d’une destruction complète.

German

Und wenn Wir eine Stadt zu zerstören beabsichtigen, lassen Wir Unser Gebot an ihre Reichen ergehen; sie aber freveln darin, so wird der Richterspruch fällig gegen sie, und Wir zerstören sie bis auf den Grund.

Chinese

[a]当我立意毁灭一个城镇时,[708]我 (首先) 命令城中生活安乐的人们 (行善), 但他们在那里却采取背逆 (的道路), 以致关于那个城镇, 我的言语实现,所以我把它完全消灭。

Italian

E quando Noi intendiamo distruggere una città, indirizziamo il nostro comandamento agli abitanti ribelli della stessa, ma loro vi trasgrediscono, fino al momento in cui non si giustifica il decreto che la colpirà. Allora la distruggiamo completamente.

Spanish

Y cuando pensamos destruir una ciudad, permitimos que sus gentes más acomodadas hagan lo que deseen. Así, se entregan en ella a todo tipo de pecado, hasta que el decreto queda justificado que se le aplique, y entonces la destruimos completamente.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور جب ہم کسی بستی کو ہلاک کرنے کا ارادہ کریں تو (پہلے) ہم اس کے آسودہ حال لوگوں کو (نیکی کا[2]) حکم دیتے ہیں جس پر وہ (الٹا) اس (بستی) میں نافرمانی (کی راہ) اختیار کر لیتے ہیں۔ تب اس بستی کے متعلق ہمارا کلام پورا ہو جاتا ہے اور ہم اسے پوری طرح تباہ کر دیتے ہیں۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

And [e]when We intend to destroy a township,[1603] We command its people who live in comfort to adopt the way of righteousness but they transgress therein, so the sentence of punishment becomes due against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction.

English - Five Volume Translation

And [a]when We intend to destroy a township, We address Our commandment to its rebellious people, but they transgress therein; so the sentence of punishment becomes due against it, and We destroy it with utter destruction.[1946]

22:46; 28:59.

Important Words:

مترفیھا (its rebellious people). مترفis derived from ترف which means, he led a plentiful and pleasant or an easy life; or a life of ease and plenty; it (a plant or herbage) was or became luxuriant, flourishing and fresh by reason of plentiful irrigation. اترف means, he persevered or persisted in, or resolved upon transgression, wrongdoing, or deviation from the right way. They say اترفته النعمة i.e. wealth, or what God bestowed upon him, made him excessively disobedient or rebellious; or extravagant in acts of disobedience and in wrongdoing; or made him lead a life of ease and plenty. مترفtherefore means, one left to do what he wills; one enjoying a life of ease and plenty; luxurious or indulging himself largely in the pleasures or delights of the present life; one who is not prevented from enjoying himself; one whose means of subsistence are made ample or plentiful; one whom a life of ease and plenty or wealth causes to exult, or to exult excessively, and to behave insolently and ungratefully; one who magnifies himself; or behaves proudly, haughtily or insolently. The Quranic expression مترفیھا means, the worst of its chiefs; and the leaders in evil (Lane & Aqrab). See also 11:117.

Commentary:

Some critics of Islam have first translated this verse as "We command its rebellious inhabitants and they transgress therein" and then have made it a target for objection, saying that God Himself first commands the people to transgress and then punishes them for their transgression. The words of the verse do not justify this objection. The verse clearly states that disbelievers defied the commandments of God and as a result of their defiance and transgression they were destroyed. Elsewhere the Quran expressly says that it is only good deeds that God commands men to do. See 7:29 & 16:91.

The expression, We address our commandment to its rebellious people, should not be understood to mean that the command to obey was given only to one section of the people. It was given to all the people as the word مترف (lit. one who does what he pleases and is rebellious) comprises all sorts of disobedient and rebellious people, whether rich or poor. Even if the expression may appear to refer to only one class of people, according to Quranic style and diction, it applies to all peoples. Analogous expressions have been used in the Quran where a command intended for all people seems to have been addressed to one person only. In 38:76 the command to obey Adam was given to all the angels but it seems to have been addressed to Iblis only. See also 2:35.

By قریة (a township) is here meant the mother-town, a town which serves as a metropolis or centre of culture and politics for other towns.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

جب ہم کسی بستی کو ہلاک کرنے کا ارادہ کرتے ہیں تو اس کے خوشحال لوگوں کو حکم دیتے ہیں اور وہ اس میں نافرمانیاں کرنے لگتے ہیں، تب عذاب کا فیصلہ اس بستی پر چسپاں ہو جاتا ہے اور ہم اسے برباد کر کے رکھ دیتے ہیں

English - Sahih

And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور جب ہم کسی بستی کو ہلاک کرنا چاہتے ہیں تو وہاں کے دولتمندوں کو کوئی حکم دیتے ہیں پھر وہ وہاں نافرمانی کرتے ہیں تب ان پر حجت تمام ہوجاتی ہے اور ہم اسے برباد کر دیتے ہیں

English - Talal Itani

And when We intend that We destroy a town, We order its wealthy people but they defiantly disobey therein; so (is) proved true against it the word, and We destroy it (with) destruction.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

22:46; 28:59.

708

这里 قَرْيَة (Qaryah, 城市) 的意思是城市之母, 也就是一个大都市或其他城市的文化和政治中心。

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

2

اس آیت کے بہت غلط معنے کیے جاتے ہیں لیکن حضرت ابن عباسؓ نے اس کا صحیح مفہوم نکالا ہے جس سے سب اعتراض دور ہو جاتے ہیں۔ (دیکھئے بحر محیط جلد۶ ص۱۷) ہم نے اسی کے مطابق ترجمہ کیا ہے۔

English - Arberry

And when We desire to destroy a city, We command its men who live at ease, and they commit ungodliness therein, then the Word is realized against it, and We destroy it utterly.

English - Maududi

When We decide to destroy a town We command the affluent among them, whereupon they commit sins in it, then the decree (of chastisement) becomes due against them and thereafter We destroy that town utterly.

English - Ahmed Ali

"And when We destroy a human habitation We send Our command to (warn) its people living a life of ease; and when they disobey, the sentence against them is justified, and We destroy them utterly.

English - Yusuf Ali

When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

a

22:46; 28:59.

1946

Important Words:

مترفیھا (its rebellious people). مترفis derived from ترف which means, he led a plentiful and pleasant or an easy life; or a life of ease and plenty; it (a plant or herbage) was or became luxuriant, flourishing and fresh by reason of plentiful irrigation. اترف means, he persevered or persisted in, or resolved upon transgression, wrongdoing, or deviation from the right way. They say اترفته النعمة i.e. wealth, or what God bestowed upon him, made him excessively disobedient or rebellious; or extravagant in acts of disobedience and in wrongdoing; or made him lead a life of ease and plenty. مترفtherefore means, one left to do what he wills; one enjoying a life of ease and plenty; luxurious or indulging himself largely in the pleasures or delights of the present life; one who is not prevented from enjoying himself; one whose means of subsistence are made ample or plentiful; one whom a life of ease and plenty or wealth causes to exult, or to exult excessively, and to behave insolently and ungratefully; one who magnifies himself; or behaves proudly, haughtily or insolently. The Quranic expression مترفیھا means, the worst of its chiefs; and the leaders in evil (Lane & Aqrab). See also 11:117.

Commentary:

Some critics of Islam have first translated this verse as "We command its rebellious inhabitants and they transgress therein" and then have made it a target for objection, saying that God Himself first commands the people to transgress and then punishes them for their transgression. The words of the verse do not justify this objection. The verse clearly states that disbelievers defied the commandments of God and as a result of their defiance and transgression they were destroyed. Elsewhere the Quran expressly says that it is only good deeds that God commands men to do. See 7:29 & 16:91.

The expression, We address our commandment to its rebellious people, should not be understood to mean that the command to obey was given only to one section of the people. It was given to all the people as the word مترف (lit. one who does what he pleases and is rebellious) comprises all sorts of disobedient and rebellious people, whether rich or poor. Even if the expression may appear to refer to only one class of people, according to Quranic style and diction, it applies to all peoples. Analogous expressions have been used in the Quran where a command intended for all people seems to have been addressed to one person only. In 38:76 the command to obey Adam was given to all the angels but it seems to have been addressed to Iblis only. See also 2:35.

By قریة (a township) is here meant the mother-town, a town which serves as a metropolis or centre of culture and politics for other towns.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

e

22:46; 28:59.

1603

By Qaryah (township) is here meant the Mother-town, i.e. a town which serves as a metropolis or centre of culture and politics for other towns.

English - Pickthall

And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And when We wish to destroy a town, We send commandments to its people who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the word proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Before We decide to destroy a township, We command the affluent section of its people to adopt the ways of righteousness, whereupon they decide on disobedience. Thus the sentence becomes due against it, and We destroy it utterly.

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