Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

They see it as far off,

اِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُ بَع۪يداًۙ
Innahum yarawnahu baAAeeda
#wordmeaningroot
1innahumIndeed, they
2yarawnahusee itراي
3baʿīdan(as) far offبعد
  • Aisha Bewley

    They see it as something distant,

  • Progressive Muslims

    They see it as far away.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Behold, they see it far away.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    They see it as far off,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    They see it as far away.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    They see it as far away.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    For they see it far away.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    They surely take it to be far away,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Indeed, they see it distant,

  • Muhammad Asad

    behold, men look upon that as something far away –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! they behold it afar off

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Verily they think that the chastisement is far off,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    They -the infidels- see it (that is) that day of the Eventful Event far and away, remote in time,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    From the disbelievers point of view it will take forever for them to be subject to the Hereafter’s punishment.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Verily, they see it (the torment) afar off.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,

  • Taqi Usmani

    They see it far off,

  • Abdul Haleem

    The disbelievers think it is distant,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    behold, they see it as if far off;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    verily, they see it as afar off,

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Surely they think it to be far off,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely they see it far off,

  • George Sale

    for they see their punishment afar off,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    They think it (- the Day of Judgment) to be far off.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed they see it to be far off,