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یہ آیتیں کتاب کی ہیں اور قرآن واضح کی
Alif-Lam-Ra; these are verses of the Book and the bright Qur’an.
Alif Lam Ra. Those are the signs of the Book and of a manifest Koran.
کافر بڑی حسرت کریں گے کہ کاش وہ مسلمان ہو جاتے
The disbelievers will ardently wish that if only they had been Muslims! (At the time of death / in their graves / on the Day of Resurrection.)
Perchance the unbelievers will wish that they had surrendered:
انہیں چھوڑ دو کھا لیں اور فائدہ اٹھا لیں اور انہیں آرزو بھلائے رکھے سو آئندہ معلوم کر لیں گے
Leave them to eat and enjoy, and for aspiration to involve them in play – so they will shortly come to know.
leave them to eat, and to take their joy, and to be bemused by hope; certainly they will soon know!
اور ہم نے جتنی بستیاں ہلاک کی ہیں ان سب کے لیے ایک مقرر وقت لکھا ہوا تھا
And every dwelling that We destroyed, had a known decree for it.
Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree,
کوئی قوم اپنے وقت مقرر سے نہ پہلے ہلاک ہوئی ہے نہ پیچھے رہی ہے
No group may advance its appointed promise nor postpone it.
and no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back.
اور انہوں نے کہا اے وہ شخص جس پر قرآن نازل کیا گیا ہے بے شک تو مجنون ہے
And they said, “O you upon whom the Qur’an has been sent, you are indeed insane.”
They say: 'Thou, upon whom the Remembrance is sent down, thou art assuredly possessed!
اگر تم سچے ہو تو ہمارے پاس فرشتوں کو کیوں نہیں لاتے
“Why do you not bring angels to us, if you are truthful?”
Why dost thou not bring the angels unto us, if thou speakest truly?'
ہم فرشتہ تو فیصلہ ہی کے لیے بھیجا کرتے ہیں اور اس وقت انہیں مہلت نہیں ملے گی
We do not send down angels without reason, and if the angels descend they would not get any respite!
We send not down the angels, save with truth;
ہم نے یہ نصیحت اتار دی ہے اور بے شک ہم اس کے نگہبان ہیں
Indeed We have sent down the Qur’an, and indeed We Ourselves surely are its Guardians. (This is one of the miracles of the Qur’an – no one has been able to change even one letter of its text, despite every effort. It has remained in its original form since the 6th Century (A. D) and will remain so forever. Other Holy Books such as the Torah and the Bible have lost their originality.)
then they would not be respited. It is We who have sent down the Remembrance, and We watch over it.
اور تجھ سے پہلے ہم پہلی قوموں میں بھی رسول بھیج چکے ہیں
And indeed We sent Noble Messengers before you, to the former nations.
Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients,
اور وہ بھی جب کوئی رسول ان کے پاس آتا ہے تو اس سے ٹھٹھا ہی کرتے
And never does a Noble Messenger come to them, but they mock at him.
and not a single Messenger came to them, but they mocked at him;
اسی طرح ہم یہ ٹھٹھا ان مجرمو ں کے دلوں میں ڈال دیتے ہیں
This is how We make the mocking* enter the hearts of the guilty. (* The acts of disbelief.)
even so We cause it to enter into the hearts of the sinners --
یہ لوگ قرآن پر ایمان نہیں لاتے اور یہ پہلوں کا دستور چلا آیا ہے
They do not believe in him, and the tradition of earlier nations has passed.
they believe not in it, though the wont of the ancients is already gone.
اور اگر ہم ان پر آسمان سے دروازہ کھول دیں پھراس میں سے چڑھ جائیں
And if We open for them a gate in the heavens, to ascend it through the day –
Though We opened to them a gate in heaven, and still they mounted through it,
البتہ کہیں گے کہ ہماری نظر بندی کر دی گئی تھی بلکہ ہم پر جادو کیا گیا ہے
Even then they would say, “Our sights have been hypnotised – in fact, a magic spell has been cast upon us.”
yet would they say, 'Our eyes have been dazzled; nay, we are a people bewitched!'
او رالبتہ تحقیق ہم نے آسمان پر برج بنائے ہیں اور دیکھنے والو ں کی نطر میں اسے رونق دی ہے
And indeed We created towers in the skies, and beautified it for the beholders.
We have set in heaven constellations and decked them out fair to the beholders,
اور ہم نے اسے ہرشیطان مردود سے محفوظ رکھا
And We have kept it guarded from every outcast devil.
and guarded them from every accursed Satan
مگر جس نے چوری سے سن لیا تو اس کے پیچھے چمکتا ہوا انگارہ پڑا
Except one who comes to eavesdrop – therefore a bright flame goes after him.
excepting such as listens by stealth -- and he is pursued by a manifest flame.
اور ہم نے زمین کو پھیلایا اور اس پر پہاڑ رکھ دیے اوراس میں ہر چیز اندازے سے اگائی
And We spread out the earth, and placed mountains as anchors in it, and in it grew all things by a proper measure.
And the earth -- We stretched it forth, and cast on it firm mountains, and We caused to grow therein of every thing justly weighed,
اوراس میں تمہارے لیے روزی کے اسباب بنا دیئے اوران کے لیے بھی جنہیں تم روزی دینے والے نہیں ہو
And created livelihoods for you in it, and created those for whom you do not provide the sustenance.
and there appointed for you livelihood, and for those you provide not for.
او رہر چیز کے ہمارے پاس خزانے ہیں اورہم صرف اسے اندازہ معین پر نازل کرتے ہیں
And there is not a thing the treasure* of which is not with Us; and We do not send it down except by a known measure. (* The power to create it.)
Naught is there, but its treasuries are with Us, and We send it not down but in a known measure.
اور ہم نے بادل اٹھانے والی ہوائیں بھیجیں پھر ہم نے آسمان سے پانی نازل کیا پھر وہ تمہیں پلایا اور تمہارے پاس اس کا خزانہ نہیں ہے
And We sent the winds that relieve the clouds’ burden, therefore caused water to descend from the sky, then give it to you to drink; and you are not at all its treasurers.
And We loose the winds fertilising, and We send down out of heaven water, then We give it to you to drink, and you are not its treasurers.
اور بے شک ہم ہی زندہ کرتے اور مارتے ہیں اورا خیر مالک بھی ہم ہی ہیں
And indeed it is We Who give life and it is We Who cause death, and We are the Inheritors.
It is We who give life, and make to die, and it is We who are the inheritors.
اور ہمیں تم میں سے اگلے او رپچھلے سب معلوم کر لیں
And indeed We know those among you who came forward and indeed We know those among you who remained behind.
We know the ones of you who press forward, and We know the laggards;
اور بے شک تیرا رب ہی انہیں جمع کرے گا بے شک وہ حکمت والا خبردار ہے
Indeed your Lord only will raise them all on the Day of Resurrection; indeed only He is Wise, All Knowing.
and it is thy Lord shall muster them, and He is All-wise, All-knowing.
اور البتہ تحقیق ہم نے انسان کو بجتی ہوئی مٹی سے جو سڑے ہوئے گارے سے تھی پیدا کیا
Indeed We created man from sounding clay made out of black smelly mud.
Surely We created man of a clay of mud moulded,
اور ہم نے اس سے پہلے جنوں کو آگ کے شعلے سے بنایا تھا
And created the jinn before him, from smokeless fire.
and the jinn created We before of fire flaming.
اور جب تیرے رب نے فرشتوں سے کہا کہ میں ایک بشر کو بجتی ہوئی مٹی سے جو کےسڑے ہوئے گارے کی ہو گی پیدا کرنے والا ہوں
And recall when your Lord said to the angels, “I will create man from sounding clay made out of black smelly mud.”
And when thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay of mud moulded.
پھر جب میں اسے ٹھیک بنالوں اور اس میں اپنی روح پھونک دوں تو تم اس کے آگے سجدہ میں گر پڑنا
“Therefore when I have properly fashioned him and breathed into him a chosen noble soul from Myself, fall down before him in prostration.”
When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him!'
پھر سب کے سب فرشتوں نے سجدہ کیا
Therefore all the angels, each and every one of them, fell prostrate.
Then the angels bowed themselves all together,
مگر ابلیس نے انکار کیا کہ سجدہ کرنے والوں کے ساتھ ہو
Except Iblis (Satan); he refused to be among those who prostrated.
save Iblis; he refused to be among those bowing.
فرمایا اے ابلیس! تجھے کیا ہوا کہ سجدہ کرنے والوں کے ساتھ نہ ہوا
Said Allah, “O Iblis! What happened to you that you stayed apart from those who prostrated?”
Said He, 'What ails thee, Iblis, that thou art not among those bowing?'
کہا میں ایسا نہ تھا کہ ایک ایسے بشر کو سجدہ کروں جسے تو نے بجتی ہوئی مٹی سے جو سڑے ہوئے گارے کی تھی پیدا کیا ہے
He answered, “It does not befit me to prostrate myself to a human whom You have created from sounding clay made out of black smelly mud.”
Said he, 'I would never bow myself before a mortal whom Thou hast created of a clay of mud moulded.'
کہا تو آسمان سے نکل جا بے شک تو مردود ہو گیا
Said Allah, “Therefore exit from Paradise, for you are an outcast.”
Said He, 'Then go thou forth hence; thou art accursed.
اور بے شک تجھ پر قیامت کے دن تک لعنت رہے گی
“And indeed you are accursed till the Day of Judgement.”
Upon thee shall rest the curse, till the Day of Doom.'
کہا اے میرے رب! تو پھر مجھے قیامت کے دن تک مہلت دے
He said, “My Lord! Grant me respite till the day when they will all be raised.”
Said he, 'My Lord, respite me till the day they shall be raised.'
فرمایا بےشک تجھے مہلت ہے
Said Allah, “You are of those given respite.”
Said He, 'Thou art among the ones that are respited
وقت معلوم کے دن تک
“Till the Day of a well-known time.”
unto the day of a known time.'
کہا اے میرے رب! جیسا تو نے مجھے گمراہ لیا ہے البتہ ضرور ضرور میں زمین میں انہیں ان کے گناہوں کو مرغوب کر کے دکھاؤں گا اور ان سب کو گمراہ کروں گا
He said, “My Lord! I swear by the fact that You sent me astray, I shall distract them in the earth, and I shall lead all of them astray.”
Said he, 'My Lord, for Thy perverting me I shall deck all fair to them in the earth, and I shall pervert them, all together,
سوائے تیرے ان بندوں کے جو ان میں مخلص ہو ں گے
“Except those among them who are Your chosen bondmen.”
excepting those Thy servants among them that are devoted.
فرمایا یہ راستہ مجھ پر سیدھا ہے
Said Allah, “This path* leads straight towards Me.” (* The path of the chosen bondmen.)
Said He, 'This is for Me a straight path:
بے شک میرے بندوں پر تیرا کچھ بھی بس نہیں چلے گا مگر جو گمراہوں میں سے تیرا تابعدار ہوا
“Indeed you do not have any power over My bondmen, except those wanderers who follow you.” (The devil is unsuccessful in tempting Allah’s chosen bondmen to commit sin.)
over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee,
اور بے شک ان سب کا وعدہ دوزخ پر ہے
And indeed hell is the promise for all of them.
being perverse; Gehenna shall be their promised land all together.
اس کے سات دروازے ہیں ہر دروازے کے لیے ان کے الگ الگ حصے ہیں
It has seven gates; for each gate is a portion assigned from them.
Seven gates it has, and unto each gate a set portion of them belongs.'
بے شک پرہیزگار باغوں اور چشموں میں رہیں گے
Indeed the pious are amidst Gardens and springs.
But the godfearing shall be amidst gardens and fountains:
ان باغوں میں سلامتی اور امن سے جا کر رہو
“Enter them with peace, in safety.”
'Enter you them, in peace and security!'
اور ان کے دلوں میں جو کینہ تھا ہم وہ سب دور کر دیں گے سب بھائی بھائی ہوں گے تختوں پر آمنے سامنے بیٹھنے والے ہوں گے
And We have removed any resentments which were in their breasts – they are brothers, sitting face to face on thrones.
We shall strip away all rancour that is in their breasts; as brothers they shall be upon couches set face to face;
انہیں وہاں کوئی تکلیف نہیں پہنچے گی اور نہ وہ وہاں سے نکالے جائیں گے
Neither any hardship is to reach them in it, nor are they to be expelled from it.
no fatigue there shall smite them, neither shall they ever be driven forth from there.
میرے بندوں کو اطلاع دے کہ بےشک میں بحشنے والا مہربان ہوں
Inform My bondmen that undoubtedly, I surely am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Tell My servants I am the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate,
اور بے شک میرا عذاب وہی دردناک عذاب ہے
And that indeed the punishment of Mine is a painful punishment.
and that My chastisement is the painful chastisement.
اور انہیں ابراھیم کے مہمانوں کا حال سنا دو
And inform them of Ibrahim’s guests.
And tell them of the guests of Abraham,
جب اس کے گھر میں داخل ہوئے اور کہا سلام اس نے کہا بے شک ہمیں تم سے ڈر معلوم ہوتا ہے
When the angels came to him and said, “Peace"; he said, “We feel afraid of you.”
when they entered unto him, saying, 'Peace!' He said, 'Behold, we are afraid of you.'
کہا ڈرو مت بے شک ہم تمہیں ایک دن لڑکے کی خوشخبری سناتے ہیں
They said, “Do not fear – we convey to you the glad tidings of a knowledgeable boy.”
They said, 'Be not afraid; behold, we give thee good tidings of a cunning boy.'
کہا مجھے اب بڑھاپے میں خوشخبری سناتے ہو سو کس چیز کی خوشخبری سناتے ہو
He said, “Do you convey to me the glad tidings upon old age reaching me? So upon what do you convey glad tidings?” (* Prophet Ibrahim said this out of surprise.)
He said, 'What, do you give me good tidings, though old age has smitten me? Of what do you
انہوں نے کہا ہم نے تمہیں بھی سچی خوشخبری سنائی ہے سو تو نا امید نہ ہو
They said, “We have given you true tidings, therefore do not lose hope.”
give me good tidings?' They said, 'We give thee good tidings of truth. Be not of those that despair.'
کہا اپنے رب کی رحمت سے نا امید تو گمراہ لوگ ہی ہوا کرتے ہیں
He said, “Who is it that despairs from the mercy of his Lord, except those who are astray?”
He said, 'And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, excepting those that are astray?'
کہا اے فرشتو! پھر تمہارا کیا مقصد ہے
He said, “And what is your next task, O the sent angels?”
He said, 'And what is your business, envoys?'
انہوں نے کہا ہم ایک نافرمان قوم کی طرف بھیجے گئے ہیں
They said, “We have been sent towards a guilty nation.”
They said, 'We have been sent unto a people of sinners,
مگر لوط کے گھر والے کہ ہم ان سب کو بچا لیں گے
“Except the family of Lut; we shall rescue all of them.”
excepting the folk of Lot; them we shall deliver
مگر اس کی بیوی ہم نے فیصلہ کیا ہے کہ وہ پیچھے رہنے والو ں میں سے ہے
“Except his wife – we have decided that she is of those who will stay behind.”
all together, excepting his wife -- we have decreed, she shall surely be of those that tarry.'
پھر جب لوط کے گھر فرشتے پہنچے
And when the sent angels came to the house of Lut.
So, when the envoys came to the folk of Lot,
کہا بے شک تم اجنبی لوگ ہو
He said, “You are an unfamiliar people.”
he said, 'Surely you are a people unknown to me!'
انہوں نے کہا بلکہ ہم تیرے پاس وہ چیز لے کر آئے ہیں جس میں وہ جھگڑتے تھے
They said, “In fact we have brought to you the matter which these people doubted.”
They said, 'Nay, but we have brought thee that concerning which they were doubting.
او رہم تیرے پاس پکی بات لائے ہیں اوربے شک ہم سچ کہتے ہیں
“And we have brought to you a true command, and indeed we are truthful.”
We have come to thee with the truth, and assuredly we speak truly.
پس تم اپنے گھر والوں کو کچھ رات رہے لے نکلو اور تو ان کے پیچھے چل اور تم میں سے کوئی مڑ کر نہ دیکھے اور چلے جاؤ جہاں تمہیں حکم ہے
“Therefore journey with your household while a portion of the night remains, and you tread behind them – and none of you may turn around and see, and proceed directly to the place you are commanded to.”
So set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and follow after the backs of them, and let not any one of you turn round; and depart unto the place you are commanded.'
اور ہم نے لوط کو قطعی طور پر یہ بات واضح کر دی تھی کہ صبح ہوتے ہی ان کی جڑ کاٹ دی جائے گی
And We informed him the decision of this command, that at morning the root of the disbelievers would be cut off.
And We decreed for him that commandment, that the last remnant of those should be cut off in the morning.
اور شہر والے خوشیاں کرتے ہوئے آئے
And the people of the city came rejoicing. (* To the house of Prophet Lut.)
And the people of the city came rejoicing.
لوط نے کہا یہ لوگ میرے مہمان ہیں سو مجھے ذلیل نہ کرو
He said, “These are my guests – do not dishonour me.”
He said, 'These are my guests; put me not to shame,
اور الله سے ڈرو اور مجھے بے آبرو نہ کرو
“And fear Allah and do not disgrace me.”
and fear God, and do not degrade me.'
انہوں نے کہا کیاہم نے تمہیں دنیا بھر کی حمایت سے منع نہیں کیا ہے
They said, “Had we not forbidden you from meddling in the affairs of anyone?”
They said, 'Have we not forbidden thee all beings?'
کہا یہ میری بیٹیاں حاضر ہیں اگر تم کرنے والے ہو
He said, “These women of our tribe are my daughters, if you have to.”
He said, 'These are my daughters, if you would be doing.'
تیری جان کی قسم ہے وہ اپنی مستی میں اندھے ہو رہے تھے
By your life O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) – they are indeed straying in their intoxication.
By thy life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement,
پھر دن نکلتے ہی انہیں ہولناک آواز نے آ لیا
Therefore the scream overcame them at sunrise.
and the Cry seized them at the sunrise,
پھر ہم نے ان بستیوں کو زیرو زبر کر دیا اور ان پر کنکر کے پتھر برسائے
And We turned the township upside down and rained upon them stones of heated clay.
and We turned it uppermost nethermost and rained on it stones of baked clay.
بے شک اس واقعہ میں اہلِ بصیرت کے لیے نشانیاں ہیں
Indeed in this are signs for people who perceive.
Surely in that are signs for such as mark;
اور بے شک یہ بستیاں سیدھے راستے پر واقع ہیں
And indeed that township is upon a road still in use.
surely it is on a way yet remaining;
بے شک اس میں ایمانداروں کے لیے نشانیاں ہیں
Indeed in this are signs for the believers.
surely in that is a sign for believers.
اوربن کے لوگ بھی بدکار تھے
And indeed the Dwellers of the Woods were unjust.
Certainly the dwellers in the Thicket were evildoers,
پھر ہم نےان سےبھی بدلہ لیا اور یہ دونوں بستیاں کھلے راستہ پر واقع ہیں
We therefore took revenge from them; and indeed both these townships are situated on an open road.
and We took vengeance on them. The two of them were upon a roadway manifest.
او ربے شک حجر والوں نے رسولوں کو جھٹلایا تھا
And the people of the Hijr (rocks) denied the Noble Messengers.
The dwellers in El-Hijr cried lies to the Envoys.
اور ہم نے انہیں اپنی نشانیاں بھی دی تھیں پر وہ ان سے روگردانی کرتے تھے
And We gave them Our signs, and they remained averse to them.
We brought them. Our signs, and they turned away from them.
او وہ لوگ پہاڑوں کو تراش کر گھر بناتے تھے کہ امن میں رہیں
And they used to carve dwellings in the hills, without fear.
They were hewing the mountains into houses, therein dwelling securely;
پھر انہیں صبح کے وقت سخت آواز نے آ پکڑا
So the scream overcame them at morning.
and the Cry seized them in the morning;
پھر ان کے دنیاوی ہنر ان کے کچھ بھی کام نہ آئے
Therefore their earnings did not in the least benefit them.
that they earned did not avail them.
اور ہم نے آسمانوں اور زمین اور ان کی درمیانی چیزوں کو بغیر حکمت کے پیدا نہیں کیا اور قیامت ضرور آنے والی ہے پر تو ان سے خوش خلقی کے ساتھ کنارہ کر
And We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, except with the Truth; and indeed the Last Day will come, therefore (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), forbear graciously.
We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, save in truth. Surely the Hour is coming; so pardon thou, with a gracious pardoning.
بے شک تیار رب وہی پیدا کرنے والا جاننے والا ہے
Indeed your Lord only is the Great Creator, the All Knowing.
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-creator, the All-knowing.
اور ہم نے تمہیں سات آیتیں دیں جو (نماز میں) دہرائی جاتی ہیں اور قرآن عظمت والا دیا
And indeed We have given you seven verses that are repeated, and the great Qur’an.
We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated, and the mighty Koran.
اور تو اپنی آنکھ اٹھا کر بھی ان چیزوں کو نہ دیکھ جو ہم نے مختلف قسم کے کافروں کو استعمال کے لیے دے رکھی ہیں اور ان پر غم نہ کر اور اپنے بازو ایمان والوں کے لیے جھکا دے
Do not direct your eyes towards the things We have given to some of their couples to enjoy, and do not at all grieve because of them, and take the Muslims within the folds of your mercy.
Stretch not thine eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy; and do not sorrow for them, and lower thy wing unto the believers,
اور کہہ دو بے شک میں کھلم کھلا ڈرانے والا ہوں
And proclaim, “Indeed I, yes I, am the clear Herald of Warning.”
and say, 'Surely, I am the manifest warner.'
جیسا ہم نے (عذاب) ان بانٹنے والو ں پر بھیجا ہے
(Of a punishment) Like the one We sent down upon the dividers.
So We sent it down to the partitioners,
جنہوں نے قرآن کو ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کیا ہے
Those who broke the Word of Allah into several parts. (Those who broke the Torah / Bible or changed its text – or those who called the Qur’an a fabrication / poetry.)
who have broken the Koran into fragments.
پھر تیرے رب کی قسم ہے البتہ ہم ان سب سے سوال کریں گے
Therefore, by your Lord, We shall question every one of them.
Now by thy Lord, We shall surely question them all together
اس چیز سے کہ وہ کرتے تھے
About all what they used to do.
concerning that they were doing.
سو تو کھول کر سنا دے جو تجھے حکم دیا گیا ہے اور مشرکوں کی پروا نہ کر
Therefore publicly announce what you are commanded, and turn away from the polytheists.
So shout that thou art commanded and turn thou away from the idolaters.
بے شک ہم تیری طرف سے ٹھٹھا کرنے والوں کے لیے کافی ہیں
Indeed We suffice you against these mockers.
We suffice thee against the mockers,
اور جو الله کے ساتھ دوسرا خدا مقرر کرتے ہیں سو عنقریب معلوم کر لیں گے
Those who ascribe another God along with Allah; so they will soon come to know.
even against those who set up with God another god. Certainly they will soon know!
اور ہم جانتے ہیں کہ تیرا دل ان باتوں سے تنگ ہوتا ہے جو وہ کہتے ہیں
And indeed We know that you are disheartened by their speech.
We know indeed thy breast is straitened by the things they say.
سو تو اپنے رب کی تسبیح حمد کے ساتھ کیے جا اور سجدہ کرنے والوں میں سے ہو
Therefore proclaim the Purity of your Lord with praise, and be of those who prostrate.
Proclaim thy Lord's praise, and be of those that bow,
اور اپنے رب کی عبادت کرتے رہو یہاں تک کہ تمہیں موت آجائے
And keep worshipping your Lord, till death* comes to you. (* The certainty.)
and serve thy Lord, until the Certain comes to thee.