Ahmed Ali
پیغمبر چین بجیں ہوئے اور منہ موڑ لیا
Ahmed Raza Khan
He frowned and turned away.
Arberry
He frowned and turned away
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پیغمبر چین بجیں ہوئے اور منہ موڑ لیا
He frowned and turned away.
He frowned and turned away
کہ ان کے پاس ایک اندھا آیا
Because the blind man had come in his august presence.
that the blind man came to him.
اور آپ کو کیا معلوم کہ شاید وہ پاک ہوجائے
And what do you know, he may be of the pure!
And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him,
یا وہ نصیحت پکڑ لے تو اس کو نصیحت نفع دے
Or that he may accept advice, so the advice may benefit him.
or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him.
لیکن وہ جو پروا نہیں کرتا
For him who does not care,
But the self-sufficient,
سو آپ کے لیے توجہ کرتے ہیں
So you are after him!
to him thou attendest
حالانکہ آپ پر اس کےنہ سدھرنے کا کوئی الزام نہیں
And you have nothing to lose if he does not become pure.
though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself.
اور لیکن جو آپ کے پاس دوڑتا ہوا آیا
And for him who came to you striving,
And he who comes to thee eagerly
اور وہ ڈر رہا ہے
And whereas he fears,
and fearfully,
تو آپ اس سے بے پروائی کرتے ہیں
So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere!
to him thou payest no heed.
ایسا نہیں چاہیئے بے شک یہ تو ایک نصیحت ہے
Not this way – this is the advice.
No indeed; it is a Reminder
پس جو چاہے اس کو یاد کرے
So whoever wishes may remember it.
(and whoso wills, shall remember it)
وہ عزت والے صحیفوں میں ہے
On honourable pages.
upon pages high-honoured,
جو بلند مرتبہ اور پاک ہیں
Exalted, pure.
uplifted, purified,
ان لکھنے والوں کے ہاتھوں میں
Written by the hands of emissaries.
by the hands of scribes
جو بڑے بزرگ نیکو کار ہیں
Who are noble, virtuous.
noble, pious.
انسان پر خدا کی مار وہ کیسا ناشکرا ہے
May man be slain – how ungrateful he is!
Perish Man! How unthankful he is!
اس نے کس چیز سے اس کو بنایا
From what did He create him?
Of what did He create him?
ایک بوند سے اس کوبنایا پھر اس کا اندزہ ٹھیرایا
From a drop of liquid; He created him and then set several measures for him.
Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him,
پھراس پر راستہ آسان کر دیا
Then eased the way for him.
then the way eased for him,
پھر اس کو موت دی پھر اس کو قبر میں رکھوایا
Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave.
then makes him to die, and buries him,
پھر جب چاہے گا اٹھا کر کھڑا کرے گا
Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.)
then, when He wills, He raises him.
ایسا نہیں چاہیئے اس نے تعمیل نہیں کی جو اس کو حکم دیا تھا
Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded.
No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding.
پس انسان کو اپنے کھانے کی طرف غور کرنا چاہیئے
So man must look at his food.
Let Man consider his nourishment.
کہ ہم نے اوپر سے مینہ برسایا
That We watered it in abundance.
We poured out the rains abundantly,
پھر ہم نے زمین کو چیر کر پھاڑا
Then We split the earth properly.
then We split the earth in fissures
پھر ہم نے اس میں اناج ا گایا
Thereby produced grain in it.
and therein made the grains to grow
اورانگور اور ترکاریاں
And grapes and fodder,
and vines, and reeds,
اور زیتون اور کھجور
And olives and date palms,
and olives, and palms,
اور گھنے باغ
And dense gardens,
and dense-tree'd gardens,
اور میوے اور گھاس
And fruits and grass,
and fruits, and pastures,
تمہارے لیے اور تمہارے چار پایوں کے لیے سامان حیات
In order to benefit you and your cattle.
an enjoyment for you and your flocks.
پھر جس وقت کانوں کا بہرا کرنے والا شور برپا ہوگا
So when the deafening Shout arrives,
And when the Blast shall sound,
جس دن آدمی اپنے بھائی سے بھاگے گا
On that day man will run away from his brother.
upon the day when a man shall flee from his brother,
اور اپنی ماں اور باپ سے
And from his mother and father,
his mother, his father,
اور اپنی بیوی اوراپنے بیٹوں سے
And from his wife and sons.
his consort, his sons,
ہر شخص کی ایسی حالت ہوگی جو اس کو اوروں کی طرف سے بے پروا کر دے گی
On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him.
every man that day shall have business to suffice him.
اورکچھ چہرے اس دن چمک رہے ہوں گے
Many a face will be glittering on that day.
Some faces on that day shall shine
ہنستے ہوئے خوش و خرم
Laughing, rejoicing.
laughing, joyous;
اور کچھ چہرے اس دن ایسے ہوں گے کہ ان پر گرد پڑی ہو گی
And many a face will be covered with dust on that day.
some faces on that day shall be dusty
ان پر سیاہی چھا رہی ہو گی
Blackness overcoming them.
o'erspread with darkness --
یہی لوگ ہیں منکر نافرمان
It is they, the disbelievers, the sinners.
those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines.