Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Damned be the companions of the trench,

قُتِلَ اَصْحَابُ الْاُخْدُودِۙ
Qutila as-habu alukhdood
#wordmeaningroot
1qutilaDestroyed wereقتل
2aṣḥābu(the) companionsصحب
3l-ukh'dūdi(of) the pitخدد
  • Aisha Bewley

    cursed be the Companions of the Pit –

  • Progressive Muslims

    Dead are the people of the canyon.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Destroy themselves all those who dig ditches for others.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Damned be the companions of the trench,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Destroyed will be the people of the ditch!

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Woes to people of the canyon.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Woe to the people of the canyon.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    That accursed are the men of the trench

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

    Cursed were the companions of the trench

  • Muhammad Asad

    THEY DESTROY themselves, they who would ready a pit

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    the people of the pit were destroyed

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Accursed above all and devoted to perdition shall be those who cut the trench to trench on the liberty of the innocent and enjoyed witnessing their torture, their torment and their agony.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    That a blazing Hellfire is…

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Cursed were the people of the Ditch (in the story of the Boy and the King).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Condemned are the makers of the ditch—

  • Taqi Usmani

    cursed were the People of the Trench,

  • Abdul Haleem

    damned were the makers of the trench,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    slain were the Men of the Pit,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The fellows of the pit were slain;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Self-destroyed were the owners of the pit;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Slain were (i. e., Those who dug a trench, in which they burnt the believers) the companions of the Trench,

  • George Sale

    cursed were the contrivers of the pit,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Accursed are (unbelievers, who become) the makers of the pit (of Fire)

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (That these disbelievers will face destruction as were) destroyed the Fellows of the Trenches.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    perish the Men of the Ditch!