البقرة
The Segregating Myths
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أَمْ
Or
كُنتُمْ
were you
شُهَدَآءَ
witnesses
إِذْ
when
حَضَرَ
arrived to
يَعْقُوبَ
Yaqoob
ٱلْمَوْتُ
the death,
إِذْ
when
قَالَ
he said
لِبَنِيهِ
to his descendants,
مَا
[Who will
تَعْبُدُونَ
you serve
مِنۢ
from
بَعْدِى
after me?],
قَالُوا۟
they said,
نَعْبُدُ
[We serve
إِلَٰهَكَ
your Master
وَإِلَٰهَ
and Master of
ءَابَآئِكَ
your forefathers;
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ
Ibrahim
وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ
and Isma'eel
وَإِسْحَٰقَ
and Ishaaq;
إِلَٰهًۭا
— an unchallenged master
وَٰحِدًۭا
singularly
وَنَحْنُ
and we are
لَهُۥ
to Him
مُسْلِمُونَ
in submission].
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أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَٰهَكَ وَإِلَٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ إِلَٰهًۭا وَٰحِدًۭا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ Or were you witnesses when arrived to Yaqoob the death, when he said to his descendants, [Who will you serve from after me?], they said, [We serve your Master and Master of your forefathers; Ibrahim and Isma'eel and Ishaaq; — an unchallenged master singularly and we are to Him in submission].
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Or were ye present when death came to Jacob, when he said unto his sons: What will ye worship after me? They said: We shall worship thy god, the god of thy fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, One Allah, and unto Him we have surrendered. - Pickthall, Marmaduke
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Were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his children, [What will you worship after me?] They said, [We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, the One God, and to Him do we submit.] - Qarai, Ali Quli
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Were you (believers) there when death approached Jacob? When he asked his sons, [Whom will you worship after my death?] They replied, [We will worship your Lord, the Lord of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac. He is the only Lord, and to Him we have submitted ourselves.] - Sarwar, Muhammad
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Nay! were you witnesses when death visited Yaqoub, when he said to his sons: What will you serve after me? They said: We will serve your God and the God of your fathers, Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq, one God only, and to Him do we submit. - Shakir, Habib
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Were you present when Jacob faced the hour of death and he asked his sons, [Who will you worship after me?] They answered, [We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac: the one God; we have submitted ourselves to Him.] - Wahiduddin Khan
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کیا تم اس وقت تک موجود تھے جب یعقوب علیھ السّلام کا وقاُ موت آیا اور انہوں نے اپنی اولاد سے پوچھا کہ میرے بعد کس کی عبادت کرو گے تو انہوں نے کہا کہ آپ کے اور آپ کے آباؤ اجداد ابراہیم علیھ السّلام و اسماعیل علیھ السّلامو اسحاق علیھ السّلامکے پروردگار خدائے وحدہِ لاشریک کی اور ہم اسی کے مسلمان اور فرمانبردار ہیں - Jawadi, Zeeshan
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پھر کیا تم اس وقت موجود تھے، جب یعقوبؑ اس دنیا سے رخصت ہو رہا تھا؟اس نے مرتے وقت اپنے بچوں سے پوچھا: ——بچو! میرے بعد تم کس کی بندگی کرو گے؟—— ان سب نے جواب دیا: ——ہم اسی ایک خدا کی بندگی کریں گے جسے آپ نے اور آپ کے بزرگوں ابراہیمؑ، اسماعیلؑ اور اسحاقؑ نے خدا مانا ہے اور ہم اُسی کے مسلم ہیں—— - Maududi, Abul A'ala
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بلکہ تم میں کے خود موجود تھے جب یعقوب ؑ کو موت آئی جبکہ اس نے اپنے بیٹوں سے فرمایا میرے بعد کس کی پوجا کروگے بولے ہم پوجیں گے اسے جو خدا ہے آپ کا اور آپ کے آباء ابراہیم ؑ و اسمٰعیل ؑ و اسحاقؑ کا ایک خدا اور ہم اس کے حضور گردن رکھے ہیں، - Ahmed Raza
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(اے یہود) کیا تم اس وقت موجود تھے جب یعقوب (ع) کی موت کا وقت آیا؟ اس وقت انہوں نے اپنے بیٹوں سے کہا (پوچھا) کہ تم میرے بعد کس کی عبادت کروگے؟ انہوں نے کہا کہ ہم آپ کے اور آپ کے آباء (و اجداد) ابراہیم (ع)، اسماعیل (ع) اور اسحاق (ع)کے واحد و یکتا معبود کی عبادت کریں گے۔ اور ہم اسی کے مسلمان (فرمانبردار) ہیں۔ - Najafi, Muhammad
سلم | safe | secure | free | firm | deliver | committed | accepted | admitted
ل | for | to | in order to | for it to happen | emphasis
نحن | we | us | ourselves
حد ⇐ احد | one | singular | alone | unmatched | peerless | sole | combined | individual
ال ⇐ اله | unchallenged master | god
اسحاق | [Prophet][Biblical name - Isaac] -
اسماعيل | [Prophet][Biblical name - Ishmael]
ابراهيم | [Prophet][Biblical name - Abraham] -
اب | fodder | herbage | prepare | determine | equip | seed | father | to nourish | parent
ال ⇐ اله | unchallenged master | god
ال ⇐ اله | unchallenged master | god
بعد | after | later | following | next on | remoteness | distance | dimension | measure | proportion
من | of | from | belonging to | than | who | whom | favour | blessing | peace | certification | obliging towards
عبد | obey | serve | slave | servant | gladiator | peasant
ما | what | not | why | how | which | where
بن ⇐ بنی | something made by someone | offspring | lineage | fattened | to construct | to have a creation | make something raise high |
قول | say | speech | declare | state | proverb | epigram
موت | passing | dead | kill | unaware | insensitive | feelingless | remove | destroy | wreck | total loss
يعقوب | [Prophet][Biblical name - Jacob] -
حضر | attend | come | present | report | elaborate | turn up | send around | prepare | make | fetch | bring | civilize | assist | arrive | show up
اذ | when | suddenly | so then | whenever | therefore | in that case | hence
شهد | testimony | witness | certify | attest | recognize
كن | be | exist | are | is | become | was or has been there | being in a state
ام | purpose | reason | intention | being substantial | mother (as in reason of a person's being born) | or | whether | being in agreement or same page | if | maternal | root | lead | head | primary
