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English Translation of the Meanings by Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali , Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi & English - Sahih International : surah Baqarah aya 259 in arabic text(The Cow).
  
   

﴿أَوْ كَالَّذِي مَرَّ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا قَالَ أَنَّىٰ يُحْيِي هَٰذِهِ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۖ فَأَمَاتَهُ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ ۖ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ ۖ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۖ قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانظُرْ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ ۖ وَانظُرْ إِلَىٰ حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ آيَةً لِّلنَّاسِ ۖ وَانظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا ۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ قَالَ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾
[ البقرة: 259]

English - Sahih International

2:259 Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."

Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
Abridged Explanation of the Quran

Or do you know the example of the one who passed by a town in which the roofs had fallen, the walls had collapsed and the people had died, making it a deserted ruin? This man said in surprise, ‘How will Allah ever bring these people back to life?’ Allah then caused him to die for a period of one hundred years and then brought him back to life and asked him, ‘How long were you dead for?’ He replied, ‘I remained like that for one day or less than a day’.
Allah then said to him, ‘Actually, you were like that for one hundred years.
Look at the food you had with you, which has not gone bad in spite of this long period! Look at your dead donkey! I want to make you a clear sign for showing people the power I have to bring them back to life.
Look at the bones of the donkey that are scattered.
I will lift them, put them together, clothe them with flesh and then give them life again’.
When he saw this, the reality became clear to him and he realized the power of Allah, and said in respect, ‘I know that Allah has power over everything’.


Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali

Or like the one who passed by a town and it had tumbled over its roofs. He said: "Oh! How will Allah ever bring it to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long did you remain (dead)?" He (the man) said: "(Perhaps) I remained (dead) a day or part of a day". He said: "Nay, you have remained (dead) for a hundred years, look at your food and your drink, they show no change; and look at your donkey! And thus We have made of you a sign for the people. Look at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh". When this was clearly shown to him, he said, "I know (now) that Allah is Able to do all things."


phonetic Transliteration


Aw kaallathee marra AAala qaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshiha qala anna yuhyee hathihi Allahu baAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu miata AAamin thumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtu yawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta miata AAamin faonthur ila taAAamika washarabika lam yatasannah waonthur ila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan lilnnasi waonthur ila alAAithami kayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahman falamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun


Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation


Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?" but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things."


Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri


Or like the one who passed by a town in ruin up to its roofs. He said: "How will Allah ever bring it to life after its death" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He said: "How long did you remain (dead)" He (the man) said: "(Perhaps) I remained (dead) a day or part of a day." He said: "Nay, you have remained (dead) for a hundred years, look at your food and your drink, they show no change; and look at your donkey! And thus We have made of you a sign for the people. Look at the bones, how We bring them together and clothe them with flesh." When this was clearly shown to him, he said, "I know (now) that Allah is able to do all things."

Page 43 English transliteration



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2:259 Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a translate in arabic

أو كالذي مر على قرية وهي خاوية على عروشها قال أنى يحيي هذه الله بعد موتها فأماته الله مائة عام ثم بعثه قال كم لبثت قال لبثت يوما أو بعض يوم قال بل لبثت مائة عام فانظر إلى طعامك وشرابك لم يتسنه وانظر إلى حمارك ولنجعلك آية للناس وانظر إلى العظام كيف ننشزها ثم نكسوها لحما فلما تبين له قال أعلم أن الله على كل شيء قدير

سورة: البقرة - آية: ( 259 )  - جزء: ( 3 )  -  صفحة: ( 43 )

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

Or, similarly, his similitude to the one who passed by a town (AL-Quds) which was empty of life and he could see nothing but the remains of decayed and fallen buildings. Then he exclaimed: How shall Allah restore it and revitalise it after having suffered death and total destruction? There and then Allah occasioned his death lasting a hundred years and then brought him back to life and asked him: How long do you think you have been in death’s repose? The man said: In all probability a day or even less in all. But, said Allah, you have been in death’s repose for a hundred years, and now look at your food and drink, none of them decomposed, and look at your donkey and see how it shattered into fragments of bones. We will make you a miraculous sign demonstrating Omnipotence and Authority. And now regard the bones and see how We construct them and clothe them in flesh. And when the man witnessed Allah’s Omnipotence and Authority, he said: Now I realise that Allah is Qadirun over all things


Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(2:259) Or take the case of the one who passed by a township that had fallen down upon its roofs. *293 He exclaimed, "How shall Allah bring back to life this township that has become dead?" *294 At this Allah caused him to die and he lay dead for a hundred years. Then Allah brought him back to life and asked him, "How long have you lain here?" He answered. "I might have lain here for a day or a few hours." Allah said, "Nay, you have been lying here in this state for a hundred years: now, just have a look at your food and your drink; they have not become spoiled in the least. Then have a look at your ass, (and see that his very bones have become rotten) and We have done this in order to make you a Sign for the people. *295 Look, how We raise up the skeleton and set the bones (of the ass) and cover them with flesh and (put breath of life into them)." And when the Reality became manifest to him, he said, "I know that Allah has power over everything."

Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a meaning

*293). It is irrelevant to ask who the person was and the place where this incident occurred. The real purpose in mentioning this event is to show how God showed light to the one who had chosen God as his protector and supporter. As for determining the name of the person and the locality, we neither possess the means to do so, nor is such an endeavour in any way beneficial. What seems to be evident from the statement that follows is that the person concerned must necessarily have been a Prophet.
*294). This question does not signify that the person concerned denied or entertained any doubts regarding life afterdeath. His enquiry merely indicates his wish to have direct knowledge of reality, like the Prophets of the past.
*295). The restoration of life to a man considered to have died a hundred years ago was in itself sufficient to make him, for his contemporaries, a living testimony.
 

Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a meaning in Urdu

یا پھر مثال کے طور پر اُس شخص کو دیکھو، جس کا گزر ایک ایسی بستی پر ہوا، جو اپنی چھتوں پر اوندھی گری پڑی تھی اُس نے کہا: "یہ آبادی، جو ہلاک ہو چکی ہے، اسے اللہ کس طرح دوبارہ زندگی بخشے گا؟" اس پر اللہ نے اس کی روح قبض کر لی اور وہ سوبرس تک مُردہ پڑا رہا پھر اللہ نے اسے دوبارہ زندگی بخشی اور اس سے پوچھا: "بتاؤ، کتنی مدت پڑے رہے ہو؟" اُس نے کہا: "ایک دن یا چند گھنٹے رہا ہوں گا" فرمایا: "تم پر سو برس اِسی حالت میں گزر چکے ہیں اب ذرا اپنے کھانے اور پانی کو دیکھو کہ اس میں ذرا تغیر نہیں آیا ہے دوسری طرف ذرا اپنے گدھے کو بھی دیکھو (کہ اِس کا پنجر تک بوسید ہ ہو رہا ہے) اور یہ ہم نے اس لیے کیا ہے کہ ہم تمہیں لوگوں کے لیے ایک نشانی بنا دینا چاہتے ہیں پھر دیکھو کہ ہڈیوں کے اِس پنجر کو ہم کس طرح اٹھا کر گوشت پوست اس پر چڑھاتے ہیں" اس طرح جب حقیقت اس کے سامنے بالکل نمایاں ہو گئی، تو اس نے کہا: "میں جانتا ہوں کہ اللہ ہر چیز پر قدرت رکھتا ہے"

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