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21. Surah • 46. Verse
Word Analysis
وَلَئِن
wala-in
And if
مِّنْ
min
of
يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ
yāwaylanā
O woe to us
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
When a sample of your Lord's retribution afflicts them, they readily say, "We were indeed wicked."
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Andif a trace of the torment of your Lord touches them, they will say: "Woe to us, we have been wicked!"
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
If a breath of your Lord's torment touches them, they will say, "Woe to us, we have been wicked!"
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
If a whiff of your Lord’s torment were to touch them, they would certainly say, "Alas to us! We were wrongdoers indeed."
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Were only the slightest whiff from your Lord's punishment to touch them,[1] they would cry out: "Woe to us; we were indeed wrong-doers."
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That is, the same scourge which they are demanding to be hastened and of which they are making fun.
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
If they were touched by even a breath of your Lord’s torment, they would certainly cry, "Woe to us! We have really been wrongdoers."
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Yet if the least breath of the punishment of thy Lord touch them, they will surely say, alas for us! Verily we have been unjust.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And indeed in case a gust of your Lord's torment touched them, indeed they would definitely say, "O, woe to us! Surely we were an unjust (people). "
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
If even a single waft of the punishment were to touch them, they would say, ‘Alas for us! We were indeed wrongdoers. ’
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
But if a blast of the torment of thy Lord touches them, they will surely say, 'O, woe is us! verily, we were wrong-doers!'
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
Should a whiff of your Lord’s punishment touch them, they will surely say, ‘Woe to us! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
When they are subjected to the slightest punishment of the Lord, they (the same people who jokingly ask for the punishment of God) cry: "Pity on us. We were indeed wrong."
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
And if the slightest punishment of your Lord befalls them they would surely cry out, `Ah, Woe to Us! We were indeed unjust. '
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
If but a breath of thy Lord's chastisement touched them, they would surely say, 'Alas for us! We were evildoers. '
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
Say, "I only warn you by inspiration;" but the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Even if a whiff of the Lord's chastisement were to touch them they would surely say: "Ah woe, alas, we were surely sinful. "
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
And yet, if but a breath of thy Sustainer’s chastisement touches them, they are sure to cry, "Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we were evildoers!"
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
And if afflicted with a slight touch of your Creator's retributive punishment they -the infidels- shall say: "Woe betide us, we were indeed wrongful of actions".
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And if a breath of your Lord's torment touches them, they will Say: "Woe to us, we have been wicked!"
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers. "
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
And if a breath of your Lord's retribution were to touch them, they would say, "Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we were wrongdoers!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And if only a breath of the punishment from your Lord touches them, they will then say: "Misery to us! Truly, we did wrong!"
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And if there touch them a hint of the punishment of thy Lord, they will say: “Woe is us! We were wrongdoers.”