Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And Gehenna, that day, is brought: that day will man take heed; but how will the reminder be for him?

وَج۪ٓيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۜ
Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra
#wordmeaningroot
1wajīaAnd is broughtجيا
2yawma-idhinthat Day
3bijahannamaHell
4yawma-idhinThat Day
5yatadhakkaruwill rememberذكر
6l-insānumanانس
7wa-annābut howاني
8lahu(will be) for him
9l-dhik'rāthe remembranceذكر
  • Aisha Bewley

    and that Day Hell is produced, that Day man will remember; but how will the remembrance help him?

  • Progressive Muslims

    And Hell on that Day is brought. On that Day man will remember, but how will the remembrance now help him

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And Hell is brought close that Day. On that Day man will heed the Advisory, but of what avail will then be the remembrance?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And Gehenna, that day, is brought: that day will man take heed; but how will the reminder be for him?

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And Hell on that Day is brought. On that Day man will remember, but how will the remembrance now help him?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Hell on that day is brought. On that day the human being will remember, but how will the remembrance now help him?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    On that day, Gehenna will be brought forth. On that day, the human being will remember - but what a remembrance - it will be too late.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And Hell is brought near, that day will man remember, but of what avail will then remembering be?

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

    And brought , that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

  • Muhammad Asad

    And on that Day hell will be brought ; on that Day man will remember : but what will that remembrance avail him?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    and when Hell is brought near that Day. On that Day will man understand, but of what avail will that understanding be?*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And then Hell is brought face to face, and there is no escape from the encounter with the infernal hiss and crackle of the flame. Now man remembers his deeds, but how late it is to hope for a better fate!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    You will then be mindful when you see the Hell being shown to you.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?

  • Taqi Usmani

    and Jahannam (Hell), on that day, will be brought forward, it will be the day when man will realize the truth, but from where will he take advantage of such realization?

  • Abdul Haleem

    when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and hell is brought on that day, - on that day shall man be reminded! but how shall he have a reminder?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And Hell is brought near on that Day, on that Day shall man remember! But how shall the remembrance profit him?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And Hell is made to come (face to face) upon that Day, man will remember, upon that Day, and however will the Reminding (avail) him?

  • George Sale

    and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: On that day shall man call to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And on that Day, (when) Hell is brought (face to face), — On that Day will man remember, but (alas!) how will that remembrance profit him?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    On that Day Gehenna shall be brought near. (It is) on that very Day that a person will remember (the admonition), but of what avail shall that remembrance be to him (at that time)?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    the day when hell is brought , on that day man will take admonition but what will the admonition avail him?