Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“It has seven gates; and for each gate is a portion assigned.”

لَهَا سَبْعَةُ اَبْوَابٍۜ لِكُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ۟
Laha sabAAatu abwabin likullibabin minhum juz-on maqsoom
#wordmeaningroot
1lahāFor it
2sabʿatu(are) sevenسبع
3abwābingatesبوب
4likullifor eachكلل
5bābingateبوب
6min'humamong them
7juz'on(is) a portionجزا
8maqsūmunassignedقسم
  • Aisha Bewley

    It has seven gates and each gate has its allotted share.

  • Progressive Muslims

    "It has seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them. "

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    "With seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its share of wrongdoers. " (The Straight Path is one, while the wrong paths are numerous and each of them leads to Hell (30:30-31)).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    “It has seven gates; and for each gate is a portion assigned.”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    "Ithas seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    "It has seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    "It will have seven gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them."

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Which has several gates, and each gate is marked for every section of them. "

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

    It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated. "

  • Muhammad Asad

    with seven gates leading into it, each gate receiving its allotted share of sinners. -

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    There are seven gates in it, and to each gate a portion of them has been allotted.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Apprehended in a material sense, it has seven gates through each of which shall enter those appropriated to the degree of suffering that is commensurate with their evil deeds.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    "The Hell has seven gates; each welcoming a certain type of sinners. "

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    "It (Hell) has seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    It has seven gates, to each a group of them is designated."

  • Taqi Usmani

    It has seven gates. For each gate there is a group apportioned from them."

  • Abdul Haleem

    with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Seven gates it has, and unto each gate a set portion of them belongs. '

  • E. Henry Palmer

    It has seven doors; at every door is there a separate party of them. '

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    It has seven gates (entrances); to each gate (entrance) is assigned a certain class (or portion). "

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    It has seven gates; and each gate has an appointed part (Literally: divided).

  • George Sale

    It hath seven gates; unto every gate a distinct company of them shall be assigned.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    To it are seven gates: For each of those gates there is a class (of sinners) assigned.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `It has seven gates. Each gate shall have an assigned portion of them (who have gone astray).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    It has seven gates, and to each gate belongs a separate portion of them. ’