The Qur'an

Arabic

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ

Ahmad Ali

The warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.

Ali Qarai

Certainly the warnings did come to Pharaoh’s clan

Amhad Khan

And indeed the Noble Messengers came to the people of Firaun.

Arberry

The warnings came also to Pharaoh's folk.

Corpus

And certainly came (to the) people (of) Firaun warnings.

Daryabadi

And assuredly Unto the household of Fir'awn came the warning.

Hilali & Khan

And indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron)].

Maududi

Warnings also came to the Pharaonites,

Muhammad Sarwar

The Pharaoh and his people had also received Our warning,

Muhammad Shakir

And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.

Pickthall

And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

Qaribullah

The warnings also came to Pharaoh's people,

Sahih Intl

And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

Talal Itani

The warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh.

Transliteration

Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru

Wahihuddin Khan

Surely warners came to the people of Pharaoh.

Yusuf Ali

To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

Arabic

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Ahmad Ali

They rejected each one of Our signs. So We seized them with the grip of one mighty and powerful.

Ali Qarai

who denied all of Our signs. So We seized them with the seizing of One [who is] all-mighty, Omnipotent.

Amhad Khan

They denied all Our signs, We therefore seized them – the seizure of the Most Honourable, the All Powerful.

Arberry

They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with the seizing of One mighty, omnipotent.

Corpus

They denied Our Signs, all of them, so We seized them (with) a seizure (of) All-Mighty, (the) Powerful One.

Daryabadi

They belied Our signs everyone thereof; whereof We laid hold of them with the grip of our Mighty, Powerful.

Hilali & Khan

(They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable to carry out what he Will (Omnipotent).

Maududi

but they gave the lie to Our Signs, to all of them. Thereupon We seized them with the seizing of the Most Mighty, the Most Powerful.

Muhammad Sarwar

but they rejected all Our miracles. So We seized them in the way that a Majestic and All-powerful One would.

Muhammad Shakir

They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

Pickthall

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

Qaribullah

but they belied all Our signs so We seized them with the seizing of the Mighty, Powerful.

Sahih Intl

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

Talal Itani

They rejected Our signs, all of them, so We seized them—the seizure of an Almighty Omnipotent.

Transliteration

Kaththaboo biayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin

Wahihuddin Khan

They, too, rejected all Our signs. So We seized them with the seizure of One Mighty, Omnipotent.

Yusuf Ali

The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

Arabic

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ

Ahmad Ali

Are the unbelievers among you any better than they? Or is there immunity for you in the Scriptures?

Ali Qarai

Are your faithless better than those? Have you [been granted] [some sort of] immunity in the scriptures?

Amhad Khan

Are your disbelievers better than they were, or have you been given exemption in the Books?

Arberry

What, are your unbelievers better than those? Or have you an immunity in the Scrolls?

Corpus

Are your disbelievers, better than those, or for you (is) an exemption in the Scriptures?

Daryabadi

Are your infidels better than these? Or is there an immunity for you in the Writs?

Hilali & Khan

Are your disbelievers (O Quraish!) better than these [nations of Nuh (Noah), Lout (Lot), Salih (Saleh), and the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), etc., who were destroyed)? Or have you an immunity (against Our Torment) in the Divine Scriptures?

Maududi

Are your unbelievers (of Makkah) any better than they? Or have you been granted any immunity in the Scriptures?

Muhammad Sarwar

Are you disbelievers mightier than those of the nations which We destroyed before or have you received amnesty through the ancient Scriptures?

Muhammad Shakir

Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?

Pickthall

Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?

Qaribullah

What then, are your unbelievers better than those? Or do you have an immunity (written) in the Scrolls?

Sahih Intl

Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?

Talal Itani

Are your unbelievers better than all those? Or do you have immunity in the scriptures?

Transliteration

Akuffarukum khayrun min olaikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi

Wahihuddin Khan

Are your people who deny the truth better than those? Or have you been given immunity in the Scriptures?

Yusuf Ali

Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

Arabic

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

Ahmad Ali

Or do they say: "We are a well-accoutred army?"

Ali Qarai

Do they say, ‘We are a confederate league’?

Amhad Khan

Or they say, “We shall all take revenge as a group.”

Arberry

Or do they say, 'We are a congregation that shall be succoured?'

Corpus

Or (do) they say, "We (are) an assembly helping (each other)?"

Daryabadi

Or is it that they say: we are a multitude prevailing!

Hilali & Khan

Or do they say: "We are a great multitude, and we shall be victorious?"

Maududi

Or do they say: “We are a strong legion, strong enough for victory?”

Muhammad Sarwar

Do they say, "We shall be victorious because we are united?"

Muhammad Shakir

Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?

Pickthall

Or say they: We are a host victorious?

Qaribullah

Or do they say: 'We are a gathering that will be victorious'

Sahih Intl

Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

Talal Itani

Or do they say, “We are united, and we will be victorious”?

Transliteration

Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun

Wahihuddin Khan

Or do they say, "We are a united group, and we are bound to prevail?"

Yusuf Ali

Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

Arabic

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

Ahmad Ali

The army will be routed and put to flight.

Ali Qarai

The league will be routed and turn its back [to flee].

Amhad Khan

The group will soon be routed, and will turn their backs to flee.

Arberry

Certainly the host shall be routed, and turn their backs.

Corpus

Soon will be defeated (their) assembly, and they will turn (their) backs.

Daryabadi

Anon will their multitude be vanquished, and they will turn the back.

Hilali & Khan

Their multitude will be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

Maududi

Soon shall this legion be routed and shall turn their backs and flee.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Let them know that) this united group will soon run away in defeat.

Muhammad Shakir

Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.

Pickthall

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

Qaribullah

Most certainly their gatherings shall be routed, and they will turn their backs.

Sahih Intl

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

Talal Itani

The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.

Transliteration

Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura

Wahihuddin Khan

The hosts shall soon be routed and they shall be put to flight.

Yusuf Ali

Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

Arabic

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

Ahmad Ali

Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.

Ali Qarai

Indeed, the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.

Amhad Khan

In fact their promise is upon the Last Day – and the Last Day is very severe and very bitter!

Arberry

Nay, but the Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is very calamitous and bitter.

Corpus

Nay, the Hour (is) their promised time, and the Hour (will be) more grievous and more bitter.

Daryabadi

Aye! the Hour is their appointed term, and the Hour shall be far more grievous and far more bitter.

Hilali & Khan

Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.

Maududi

Nay; the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Hour shall be more calamitous and bitter.

Muhammad Sarwar

In fact, the Hour of Doom is the time for them to suffer. The suffering of this hour is the most calamitous and the most bitter (of all suffering).

Muhammad Shakir

Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

Pickthall

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

Qaribullah

Rather, the Hour is their encounter. And that Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.

Sahih Intl

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

Talal Itani

The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter.

Transliteration

Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru

Wahihuddin Khan

Indeed, the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Last Hour will be the most severe, and the most bitter.

Yusuf Ali

Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.