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Verse (70:11) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the eleventh verse of chapter 70 (sūrat l-maʿārij). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (70) sūrat l-maʿārij (The Ways of Ascent)

Sahih International: They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

Pickthall: Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

Yusuf Ali: Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,

Shakir: (Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,

Muhammad Sarwar: though they may see each other. A sinner will wish that he could save himself from the torment of that day by sacrificing his children,

Mohsin Khan: Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help)], - the Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever, etc.) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children.

Arberry: as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons,

See Also

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