Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“They have denied you for what you say,” — and you are able neither to avert nor to find help; and whoso does wrong among you, We will let him taste a great punishment.

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُمْ بِمَا تَقُولُونَۙ فَمَا تَسْتَط۪يعُونَ صَرْفاً وَلَا نَصْراًۚ وَمَنْ يَظْلِمْ مِنْكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَاباً كَب۪يراً
Faqad kaththabookum bimataqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan walanasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhuAAathaban kabeera
#wordmeaningroot
1faqadSo verily
2kadhabūkumthey deny youكذب
3bimāin what
4taqūlūnayou sayقول
5famāso not
6tastaṭīʿūnayou are ableطوع
7ṣarfan(to) avertصرف
8walāand not
9naṣran(to) helpنصر
10wamanAnd whoever
11yaẓlimdoes wrongظلم
12minkumamong you
13nudhiq'huWe will make him tasteذوق
14ʿadhābana punishmentعذب
15kabīrangreatكبر
  • Aisha Bewley

    So now they have disowned you for what you said, and they cannot avert it or give you any help. As for anyone among you who has done wrong, We will make him suffer great punishment.

  • Progressive Muslims

    They have refuted what you claimed, so you will not find any excuse nor any victor. And whosoever has done wrong among you, We will let him taste a great retribution.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    It will be said to the idolaters of all forms, "Now your idols have proved you liars in what you say. So you cannot avert your penalty nor get help." And whoever among you wrongs others and thus wrongs himself, We shall make him taste of the great torment!

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “They have denied you for what you say,” — and you are able neither to avert nor to find help; and whoso does wrong among you, We will let him taste a great punishment.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    They have refuted what you claimed, so you will not find any excuse nor any victor. And whoever has done wrong among you, We will let him taste a great retribution.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    They have refuted what you claimed, so you will not find any excuse nor any victor. Whosoever has done wrong among you, We will let him taste a great retribution.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    They have disbelieved in the message you have given them, and, consequently, you can neither protect them from the retribution they have incurred, nor can you help them in any way. Anyone among you who commits evil, we will commit him to severe retribution.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    (The idolaters will be told): "Your gods have refuted your assertion. You can neither avert (your doom) nor receive any help. We shall make the wicked among you taste of severe punishment."

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

    So they will deny you, , in what you say, and you cannot avert or help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.

  • Muhammad Asad

    "And now, they have given the lie to all your assertions, and you can neither ward off nor obtain any succour! For, whoever of you has committed evil, him shall We cause to taste great suffering!"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Thus they will give you the lie regarding what ye say, then ye can neither avert (the doom) nor obtain help. And whoso among you doeth wrong, We shall make him taste great torment.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Thus will those deities give the lie to all what you now say,* and you will not be able to avert your doom, nor obtain any succour. We shall cause whoever of you commits wrong* to taste an enormous chastisement.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Then the infidels shall be told: "You see, your gods have accused you of falsehood and want of conformity to fact and by consequence you shall not escape the torment nor can you be afforded help. And now a warning is issued to all, Thus, you people at large must know that he who is wrongful of actions shall taste the torment laid upon the damned.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Once they will testify against you, you will have no recourse to an appeal or any kind of help as I will make the guilty ones to taste an awful punishment.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Thus they (false gods - all deities other than Allâh) will belie you (polytheists) regarding what you say (that they are gods besides Allâh): then you can neither avert (the punishment), nor get help. And whoever among you does wrong (i.e. sets up rivals to Allâh), We shall make him taste a great torment.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    (Allah will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    ˹The doomed will be told˺, "Your gods have clearly denied your claims. So now you can neither ward off ˹the punishment˺ nor get any help." And whoever of you does wrong, We will make them taste a horrible punishment.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Thus they will refute you in what you say, and you will not be able to repulse (the punishment,) or to receive help. Whoever commits injustice from among you, We will make him taste a painful punishment.

  • Abdul Haleem

    , ‘Now your gods have denounced what you say as lies: you cannot avoid the punishment; you will not get any help.’ If any of you commits such evil, We shall make him taste agonizing torment.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    the Remembrance, and were a people corrupt. ' So they cried lies touching the things you say, and you can neither turn it aside, nor find any help. Whosoever of you does evil, We shall let him taste a great chastisement.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And now have they proved you liars for what ye say, and they cannot ward off or help. And he of you who does wrong we will make him taste great torment.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    They will say, "Be you glorified! It was not befitting for us to take any patrons besides Thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease until they forgot the Reminder and became a lost people!"

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    able either to turn it about or vindicate (yourselves). And whoever of you does injustice, We will make him taste a great torment.

  • George Sale

    And God shall say unto their worshippers, now have these convinced you of falsehood, in that which ye say: They can neither avert your punishment, nor give you any assistance. And whoever of you shall be guilty of injustice, him will We cause to taste a grievous torment.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    (Allah will say): "Now they have made you liars about what you say: So you cannot escape (penalty) or (get) help. " And whoever from you does wrong; We shall make him taste a great penalty.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    (Then We shall say to the idol-worshipers), `Now these (deities) have given you the lie (and contradict you) with regard to what you said, so (today) you have no power to avert (the penalty) or get help (of any sort for yourselves); (remember) whosoever of you acts unjustly and goes wrong we shall make him suffer a great punishment. '

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So they will certainly impugn you in what you say, and you will neither be able to circumvent nor find help, and whoever of you does wrong, We shall make him taste a terrible punishment.