Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 46th verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets)

Sahih International: 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."

Pickthall: 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.

Yusuf Ali: If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"

Shakir: And if a blast of the chastisement of your Lord were to touch them, they will certainly say: O woe to us! surely we were unjust.

Muhammad Sarwar: If a blast of the torment of your Lord strikes them, they will say, "Woe to us! We have been unjust people."

Mohsin Khan: 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 Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).

Arberry: If but a breath of thy Lord's chastisement touched them, they would surely say, 'Alas for us! We were evildoers.'

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See Also

• Verse (21:46) Morphology - description of each Arabic word