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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 22:48 | |
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| 22:48 وكاين من قرية امليت لها وهي ظالمة ثم اخذتها والي المصير | |
| Transliteration | Wakaayyin min qaryatin amlaytu laha wahiya thalimatun thumma akhathtuha wa-ilayya almaseeru |
| Literal | And how many from a village/urban city I extended in time/life for it, and it is unjust/oppressive? Then I took/punished it, and to Me (is) the end/destination. |
| Yusuf Ali | And to how many populations did I give respite, which were given to wrong-doing? in the end I punished them. To me is the destination (of all). |
| Pickthal | And how many a township did I suffer long though it was sinful! Then I grasped it. Unto Me is the return. |
| Arberry | How many a city I have respited in its evildoing; then I seized it, and to Me was the homecoming. |
| Shakir | And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then I overtook it, and to Me is the return. |
| Sarwar | To how many unjust towns have We given respite and then sized with torment. To Me do all things return. |
| Khalifa | Many a community in the past committed evil, and I led them on for awhile, then I punished them. To Me is the ultimate destiny. |
| Hilali/Khan | And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrong-doing. Then (in the end) I seized it (with punishment). And to Me is the (final) return (of all). |
| H/K/Saheeh | And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination. |
| Malik | There have been many townships teeming with wrong doings, to whom at first I gave respite and at the end I smote them. Towards Me is the destination of all.[48] |
| QXP | ("As you sow, so shall you reap", is a rock-solid Law, as evidenced by the history of the rise and fall of nations.) How many communities have gone before whom I gave respite although they were transgressors, but then My Law of Requital seized them. For with Me is the end of all journeys. |
| Maulana Ali | And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then I seized it! And to Me is the return. |
| Free Minds | And many a town I have given it respite while it was doing wrong, then I seized it! And to Me is the destiny. |
| Qaribullah | And how many a village have I respited in its evil doing! Then I seized it. To Me is the return. |
| George Sale | Unto how many cities have I granted respite, though they were wicked? Yet afterwards I chastised them: And unto Me shall they come to be judged, at the last day. |
| JM Rodwell | How many cities have I long borne with, wicked though they were, yet then laid hold on them to chastise them! Unto Me shall all return. |
| Asad | And to how many a community that was immersed in evildoing have I given rein for a while! But then I took it to task: for with Me is all journeys' end! |
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