Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Like molten brass, it boils in the bellies

كَالْمُهْلِۚۛ يَغْل۪ي فِي الْبُطُونِۙ
Kalmuhli yaghlee fee albutoon
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1kal-muh'liLike the murky oilمهل
2yaghlīit will boilغلي
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4l-buṭūnithe belliesبطن
  • Aisha Bewley

    seething in the belly like molten brass,

  • Progressive Muslims

    Like hot oil, it will boil in the stomachs.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Like molten brass will it boil in the belly.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Like molten brass, it boils in the bellies

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Like hot oil, it will boil in the bellies.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Like hot oil, it will boil in the stomachs.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Like lye, it will boil in the stomachs.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    It is like pitch. It will fume in the belly

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

    Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

  • Muhammad Asad

    like molten lead will it boil in the belly,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Like dregs of oil, it will boil in their bellies

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Food which like molten metals. will keep boiling inside the bellies

  • Bijan Moeinian

    this will burn the stomach the same way…

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Like boiling oil, it will boil in the bellies,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Like molten metal, it will boil in the bellies

  • Taqi Usmani

    like dregs of oil. It will boil in the bellies

  • Abdul Haleem

    as molten metal, it boils in their bellies

  • Arthur John Arberry

    like molten copper, bubbling in the belly

  • E. Henry Palmer

    as it were melting, shall it boil in their bellies

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Like molten brass, it shall boil in (their) bellies,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Like molten metal, it boils in the bellies,

  • George Sale

    As the dregs of oil shall it boil in the bellies of the damned,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Like molten brass; It will boil in their bellies,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (It will act) like molten copper. It will boil in (their) bellies;

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Like molten copper it will boil in the bellies,