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طه

Taha Surah 20

Verse 90

طه

Ta-Ha • makkah

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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

English - Five Volume Translation

English - Short Commentary Translation

English - Topics

20:90

أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Could they not see that it returned to them no answer, and had no power to do them either harm or good?

English - Five Volume Translation

Could they not see that it returned to them no answer, and had no power to do them either harm or good?[2303]

Commentary:

The calf is denounced and condemned as a deity because it does not speak to its votaries. Of what use is that god who does not answer the prayer of his worshippers (21:66-67)? He is as dead as a log of wood. The difference between a living and a lifeless god is that the One speaks to His votaries and hears their supplications while the other does not. The God of Islam has not ceased to speak to His true worshippers. He still speaks to them as He spoke to Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them all) and will continue to do so till the end of time.

English - Short Commentary Translation

Could they not see that it returned to them no answer,[1844] and had no power to do them either harm or good?

The calf is denounced and condemned as a deity because it does not speak to its votaries. Of what use is that god who does not answer the prayer of his worshippers (21:66, 67)? He is as dead as a log of wood. The difference between a living and a lifeless god is that the One speaks to His votaries and hears their supplications, while the other does not. The God of Islam has not ceased to speak to His true worshippers. He still speaks to them as He spoke to Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them all) and will continue to do so till the end of time.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

کیا وہ دیکھ نہیں رہے تھے کہ وہ انہیں کسی بات کا جواب نہیں دیتا اور ان کے لئے نہ کسی نقصان کا اختیار رکھتا ہے اور نہ نفع کا؟

French

Ne voient-ils pas qu’il ne leur rendait aucune réponse, et n’avait aucun pouvoir de leur faire ni le mal ni le bien ?

German

Konnten sie denn nicht sehen, dass es ihnen keine Antwort gab und nicht die Macht hatte, ihnen zu schaden oder zu nützen?

Chinese

(萨米里的确做了这样的事情, 但是) 难道他们自己未看见那牛犊不 (能) 回答他们的话? 也不能掌握他们的利害?

Italian

Non vedevano che esso non dava loro alcuna risposta e non aveva il potere di far loro né bene né male?

Spanish

¿No podían ver que no les daba respuesta alguna ni tenía poder para perjudicarles ni beneficiarles?

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

(بے شک سامری اور اس کے ساتھیوں نے ایسا کیا) مگر کیا وہ خود نہیں دیکھتے تھے کہ وہ بچھڑا ان کی کسی بات کا جواب نہیں دیتا اور نہ ان کو کوئی ضرر پہنچا سکتا ہے اور نہ نفع پہنچا سکتا ہے۔

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

کیا وہ نہ دیکھتے تھے کہ نہ وہ اُن کی بات کا جواب دیتا ہے اور نہ ان کے نفع و نقصان کا کچھ اختیار رکھتا ہے؟

English - Sahih

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

کیا پس وہ نہیں دیکھتے کہ وہ انہیں کس بات کا جواب نہیں دیتا اور ان کے نقصان اور نفع کا بھی اسے اختیار نہیں

English - Talal Itani

Then, did not they see that not it (could) return to them a word and not possess for them any harm and not any benefit?

Chinese Commentary ^*

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

What? Did they not see that thing returned no speech unto them, neither had any power to hurt or profit them?

English - Maududi

Did they not see that it did not return a word to them, and had no power either to hurt them or to cause them any benefit?

English - Ahmed Ali

Did they not see that it did not give them any answer, nor had it power to do them harm or bring them gain?

English - Yusuf Ali

Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

2303

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

1844

English - Pickthall

See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

Could they not see that it returned no reply to them, nor controlled any harm or benefit for them?

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Did they not see that it made no answer to them and had no power to do them harm or good?

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