Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 55th verse of chapter 30 (sūrat l-rūm). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (30) sūrat l-rūm (The Romans)

Sahih International: And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

Pickthall: And on the day when the Hour riseth the guilty will vow that they did tarry but an hour - thus were they ever deceived.

Yusuf Ali: On the Day that the Hour (of Reckoning) will be established, the transgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were they used to being deluded!

Shakir: And at the time when the hour shall come, the guilty shall swear (that) they did not tarry but an hour; thus are they ever turned away.

Muhammad Sarwar: On the day when the Hour of Doom comes, the criminals will swear that they have remained (in their graves) for no more than an hour. They had been inventing lies in this way.

Mohsin Khan: And on the Day that the Hour will be established, the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) will swear that they stayed not but an hour, thus were they ever deluded [away from the truth (i.e they used to tell lies and take false oaths, and turn away from the truth) in this life of the world)].

Arberry: Upon the day when the Hour is come, the sinners shall swear they have not tarried above an hour; so they were perverted.

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See Also

• Verse (30:55) Morphology - description of each Arabic word