He will be before his people on the Day of Judgment and will lead them into the Fire. What an evil place to be led into!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He will precede his people on the Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire; and wretched is the place to which they are led.
— Saheeh International
They were followed by a curse in this ˹life˺ and ˹will receive another˺ on the Day of Judgment. What an evil gift to receive!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift1 which is given.
— Saheeh International
These are accounts, We relate to you ˹O Prophet˺, of the ˹destroyed˺ cities. Some are still standing ˹barren˺, while others have been mowed down.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].1
— Saheeh International
We did not wrong them, rather they wronged themselves. The gods they invoked beside Allah were of no help at all when the command of your Lord came, and only contributed to their ruin.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.
— Saheeh International
Such is the ˹crushing˺ grip of your Lord when He seizes the societies entrenched in wrongdoing. Indeed, His grip is ˹terribly˺ painful and severe.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.
— Saheeh International
Surely in this is a sign for those who fear the torment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which humanity will be gathered and a Day ˹that will be˺ witnessed ˹by all˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed in that is a sign for those who fear the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed.
— Saheeh International
We only delay it for a fixed term.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We do not delay it except for a limited term.
— Saheeh International
When that Day arrives, no one will dare speak except with His permission. Some of them will be miserable, others joyful.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous.
— Saheeh International
As for those bound for misery, they will be in the Fire, where they will be sighing and gasping,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.1
— Saheeh International
staying there forever, as long as the heavens and the earth will endure, except what your Lord wills.1 Surely your Lord does what He intends.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
[They will be] abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will. Indeed, your Lord is an effecter of what He intends.
— Saheeh International
And as for those destined to joy, they will be in Paradise, staying there forever, as long as the heavens and the earth will endure, except what your Lord wills1—a ˹generous˺ giving, without end.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted.
— Saheeh International