34. Surah Saba, Verse 52
And they say: “We believe in it!” But how will they have the reaching from a place far away
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Aisha Bewley
They will say, ‘We have iman in it,’ but how can they reach out for it from a distant place -
Progressive Muslims
And they will Say: "We believe in it, " but it will be far too late.
Shabbir Ahmed
And will cry, "We now attain faith. "
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And they say: “We believe in it!” But how will they have the reaching from a place far away
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
And they will say: "We believe in it!" But it will be far too late.
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
They will then say, "We now believe in it," but it will be far too late.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They will say: "We believe in it. " How could they reach it from a place of no return?
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And they will say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking from a place far away?
Muhammad Asad
and will cry, "We do believe in it!" But how can they attain from so far away,
Marmaduke Pickthall
And say: We (now) believe therein. But how can they reach (faith) from afar off,
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
They will then say: "We believe in it";* but whence can they attain it from so far-off a place?*
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
And now they say: "We believe", but how can they attain faith Hereafter which is so far away from Here below where they had the opportunity to attain it but they did not.
Bijan Moeinian
They will say: "We believe in God’s revelations. " But it will be far too late.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And they will say (in the Hereafter): "We do believe (now):" but how could they receive (Faith and the acceptance of their repentance by Allâh) from a place so far off (i.e. to return to the worldly life again).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far off,-
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
They will ˹then˺ cry, "We do ˹now˺ believe in it ˹all˺." But how could they ˹possibly˺ attain faith from a place so far-off ˹from the world˺,
Taqi Usmani
And they will say, "We believe in Him." And how can they grasp at it (the faith) from a place (so) far off,
Abdul Haleem
they will say, ‘Now we believe in it,’ but how can they reach it from such a distant place-
Arthur John Arberry
and they say, 'We believe in it'; but how can they reach from a place far away,
E. Henry Palmer
And they say, 'We believe in it. ' But how can they partake of it from a distant place?
Hamid S. Aziz
Could you but see when they are terrified with no escape and are seized upon from near at hand.
Mahmoud Ghali
And they say, "We (now) believe in it. " And however can they succeed in the effort to achieve (belief) from a place far (away)?
George Sale
and shall say, we believe in him! But how shall they receive the faith from a distant place:
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they will say: "We believe (now) in the (Truth);" But how can they receive (Faith) from a place (so) far away—
Amatul Rahman Omar
Then they will say, `We (now) believe in this (- Qur'ân). But how can the attainment (of faith) be possible from a position (of disbelief) so far off,
Ali Quli Qarai
They will say, ‘We believe in it . ’ But how can they reach it from a far-off place,