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13. Surah • 32. Verse
Word Analysis
وَلَقَدِ
walaqadi
And certainly
مِّن
min
from
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
Messengers before you have been ridiculed; I permitted the disbelievers to carry on, then I punished them. How terrible was My retribution!
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Andmessengers before you were mocked, but I gave time to those who had rejected, then I took them; so how was My punishment?
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
Messengers before you were ridiculed, but I gave time to those who rejected, then I took them. Then how was My punishment?
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Surely the Messengers before you were ridiculed, but I always initially granted respite to those who disbelieved, and then I seized them (with chastisement). Then, how awesome was My chastisement!
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
And verily messengers (of Allah) were mocked before thee, but long I bore with those who disbelieved. At length I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
Mocked were (many) messengers before thee: but I granted respite to the unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was my requital!
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And indeed (many) Messengers were mocked at before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), but I granted respite to those who disbelieved, and finally I punished them. Then how (terrible) was My punishment!
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
Messengers have been mocked at before you, so I let the disbelievers go on for a while. Then I seized them. So, how was My punishment?
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
Many messengers before you [Muhammad] were mocked, but I granted respite to the disbelievers: in the end, I took them to task- how terrible My punishment was!
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
Other messengers had already been ridiculed before you, but I delayed the disbelievers ˹for a while˺ then seized them. And how ˹horrible˺ was My punishment!
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
Messengers before you were mocked. I gave those who were kafir a little more time and then I seized them. How terrible was My retribution!
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
Messengers indeed were scoffed at before thee, and I respited the unbelievers; then I seized them -- and how was my retribution?
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Apostles before thee have been laughed to scorn; and I permitted the infidels to enjoy a long and happy life: But afterwards I punished them; and how severe was the punishment which I inflicted on them!
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
And if there were a Quran by which the mountains were moved, or by which the earth was torn asunder, or the dead made to speak (this would be the one, but what would be the point) - Nay, Allah's is the whole command! Did not those who believe know that if Allah had pleased He would have guided all mankind? As for those who disbelieve calamity (disaster) does not cease to overtake them for what they do, or it dwells close by their homes until Allah's promise comes to pass. Verily, Allah fails not in His promise.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
Apostles were certainly derided before you. But then I gave respite to those who were faithless, then I seized them; so how was My retribution?
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
And surely Messengers before you were treated scornfully. But (at first) I granted respite to those who disbelieved, after that I took them to task; and (behold) how (exemplary) was then My punishment.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
Before thee have apostles been mocked at; and those who misbelieved have I allowed to range at large; and then it caught them up! How then was my punishment?
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
The prophets before you also were subject to the disbelievers’ mockery. I put up with them for a while and then subjected them to my punishment; how awful was my punishment.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And Messengers indeed were readily mocked at even before you; so I reprieved the ones who disbelieved; thereafter I took them (away). So how was My punishment!
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Many an apostle have they mocked before you; but I allowed the unbelievers respite, then I seized them. How severe was My punishment then!
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
And, indeed, [even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided, and for a while I gave rein to those who were [thus] bent on denying the truth: but then I took them to task - and how awesome was My retribution!
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
Messengers sent before you O Muhammad were also bombarded with foul epithets. The infidels mocked them and gave them a lick with the rough side of their tongues, and called them everything they could lay their tongues to. But despite their wickedness, I put their punishment in respite, then I cast them down from a position of prosperity and power and brought them to ruin, and how unbearable was the retribution.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And messengers before you were ridiculed, but I gave time to those who rejected, then I took them. Then how was My punishment
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
And verily, Messengers were mocked before you, but I gave the rejecters plenty of Respite. At length I seized them, and how awesome was My Requital!
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And indeed (many) messengers (of Allah) were mocked before you: But I (Allah) gave (a short) relief to the disbelievers, and finally I (Allah) punished them: Them how (terrible) was My (Allah’s) punishment!
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And mocked were messengers before thee; and I granted those who ignored warning respite; then I seized them — and how was My retribution!