Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 27th verse of chapter 47 (sūrat muḥammad). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (47) sūrat muḥammad

Sahih International: Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?

Pickthall: Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!

Yusuf Ali: But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs?

Shakir: But how will it be when the angels cause them to die smiting their backs.

Muhammad Sarwar: How terrible it will be for them when the angels take away their souls by striking their faces and their backs.

Mohsin Khan: Then how (will it be) when the angels will take their souls at death, smiting their faces and their backs?

Arberry: How shall it be, when the angels take them, beating their faces and their backs?

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See Also

• Verse (47:27) Morphology - description of each Arabic word