English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Surely, in this are Signs for those who can read signs.
English - Five Volume Translation
Surely, in this are Signs for those who can read signs.
Important Words:
المتوسمین (those who can read signs) is derived from توسم (twassama) which again is derived from وسم which means, he stamped or marked or branded a thing. توسم الشیء means, he deliberated over the thing and considered it or examined it or did so repeatedly to know it or obtain a clear knowledge of it; he recognized the thing by an external sign. توسمت فیه الخیر means, I perceived goodness in him or I read signs of goodness in him (Aqrab).
Commentary:
The use of the word متوسمین here is significant. It was intended to draw the attention of the Meccans to the fact that there was living among them one who was like Lot and to whom they had meted out the same treatment as was meted out to Lot by his people, and therefore, they could easily imagine what kind of treatment they should expect from God. The verse purports to say that if the people of the Holy Prophet did not repent, God would punish them as He had punished the persecutors of Lot. The verse invites them to ponder over the fate of the people of Lot and read the signs of the time and take a lesson from them.
As a matter of fact, the fate of the disbelieving Meccans was somewhat similar to that of the people of Lot. In the Battle of Badr a strong gale which miraculously arose drove into the faces of the Meccans stone particles which blinded them and proved the immediate cause of their ignominious defeat. Again, in a metaphorical sense, the struggle of the Meccans against the Holy Prophet led to the complete overthrow of their social order. Disbelievers who held a high position in Meccan society in pre-Islamic days went down in the social scale and those poor Muslims who enjoyed no great position in public esteem and who accepted the Holy Prophet in the early years of his mission came to occupy positions of trust and eminence in the new social order. This was indeed a great earthquake which turned things upside down, as the preceding verse puts it.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Surely, in this are many Signs for those who use their understanding.
Mutawassimin is plural of Mutawassim which is derived from Tawassama and means, one who deliberates over a thing and examines it or does so repeatedly to obtain a clear knowledge of it (Aqrab).
اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ
یقیناً اس (واقعہ) میں کھوج لگانے والوں کے لئے نشانات ہیں۔
French
Assurément, en ceci se trouvent des indications pour ceux qui savent lire les Signes.
German
Fürwahr, hierin sind Zeichen für die Einsichtigen.
Italian
Di certo, in ciò vi sono segni per coloro che sanno leggere i segni.
Spanish
En verdad, en todo esto hay señales para quien sepa leer los signos.
اردو تفسیرِ صغیر
اس (ذکر) میں فراست سے کام لینے والوں کے لئے یقیناً کئی نشان ہیں۔
اردو ترجمہ مودودی
اِس واقعے میں بڑی نشانیاں ہیں اُن لوگوں کے لیے جو صاحب فراست ہیں
English - Sahih
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
اردو ترجمہ احمد علی
بے شک اس واقعہ میں اہلِ بصیرت کے لیے نشانیاں ہیں
English - Talal Itani
Indeed, in that (are) the Signs for those who discern.
English - Arberry
Surely in that are signs for such as mark;
English - Maududi
There are great Signs in this for those endowed with intelligence.
English - Ahmed Ali
Herein are really signs for those who discern.
English - Yusuf Ali
Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
English - Five Volume Commentary *
Cross Refs: a
29:36; 51:38.
1779
Important Words:
المتوسمین (those who can read signs) is derived from توسم (twassama) which again is derived from وسم which means, he stamped or marked or branded a thing. توسم الشیء means, he deliberated over the thing and considered it or examined it or did so repeatedly to know it or obtain a clear knowledge of it; he recognized the thing by an external sign. توسمت فیه الخیر means, I perceived goodness in him or I read signs of goodness in him (Aqrab).
Commentary:
The use of the word متوسمین here is significant. It was intended to draw the attention of the Meccans to the fact that there was living among them one who was like Lot and to whom they had meted out the same treatment as was meted out to Lot by his people, and therefore, they could easily imagine what kind of treatment they should expect from God. The verse purports to say that if the people of the Holy Prophet did not repent, God would punish them as He had punished the persecutors of Lot. The verse invites them to ponder over the fate of the people of Lot and read the signs of the time and take a lesson from them.
As a matter of fact, the fate of the disbelieving Meccans was somewhat similar to that of the people of Lot. In the Battle of Badr a strong gale which miraculously arose drove into the faces of the Meccans stone particles which blinded them and proved the immediate cause of their ignominious defeat. Again, in a metaphorical sense, the struggle of the Meccans against the Holy Prophet led to the complete overthrow of their social order. Disbelievers who held a high position in Meccan society in pre-Islamic days went down in the social scale and those poor Muslims who enjoyed no great position in public esteem and who accepted the Holy Prophet in the early years of his mission came to occupy positions of trust and eminence in the new social order. This was indeed a great earthquake which turned things upside down, as the preceding verse puts it.
English - Short Commentary Notes *
Cross Refs: d
29:36; 51:38.
1514
Mutawassimin is plural of Mutawassim which is derived from Tawassama and means, one who deliberates over a thing and examines it or does so repeatedly to obtain a clear knowledge of it (Aqrab).
English - Pickthall
Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs.
English - Muhammad Ali ra
Surely in this are signs for those who take a lesson.
English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ra
Surely, in this there are Signs for people of intelligence.