Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 43rd verse of chapter 68 (sūrat l-qalam). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (68) sūrat l-qalam (The Pen)

Sahih International: Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

Pickthall: With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.

Yusuf Ali: Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).

Shakir: Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.

Muhammad Sarwar: Their eyes will be lowered and disgrace will cover them. They had certainly been told to prostrate themselves before God when they were safe and sound.

Mohsin Khan: Their eyes will be cast down, ignominy will cover them; they used to be called to prostrate (offer prayers), while they were healthy and good (in the life of the world, but they did not).

Arberry: humbled shall be their eyes, and abasement shall overspread them, for they had been summoned to bow themselves while they were whole.

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See Also

• Verse (68:43) Morphology - description of each Arabic word
• Dependency graph - syntactic analysis (i'rāb) for verse (68:43)