Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you; but if you return, We will return; and We have made Gehenna a prison-bed for the false claimers of guidance.

عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يَرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُمْ عُدْنَاۢ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ حَص۪يراً
AAasa rabbukum an yarhamakumwa-in AAudtum AAudna wajaAAalna jahannama lilkafireenahaseera
#wordmeaningroot
1ʿasā(It) may beعسي
2rabbukumthat your Lordربب
3anthat your Lord
4yarḥamakum(may) have mercy upon youرحم
5wa-inBut if
6ʿudttumyou returnعود
7ʿud'nāWe will returnعود
8wajaʿalnāAnd We have madeجعل
9jahannamaHell
10lil'kāfirīnafor the disbelieversكفر
11ḥaṣīrana prison-bedحصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    It may well be that your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert to what you did, We also will revert. We have made Hell a prison for the kafirun.’

  • Progressive Muslims

    Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you, and if you revert then so will We. And We made Hell a gathering place for the rejecters.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Now is the time that your Lord may Bless you with His Mercy (as the Final Messenger is in your midst (7:157)). If you repeat your transgressions, We will counter with retribution. We have made Hell a prison for opponents of the Divine Order.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you; but if you return, We will return; and We have made Gehenna a prison-bed for the false claimers of guidance.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you, and if you revert then will We will also revert. And We made Hell a gathering place for the rejecters.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you, and if you revert then so will We. We made hell a prison for the ingrates.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Your Lord showers you with His mercy. But if you revert to transgression, we will counter with retribution. We have designated Gehenna as a final abode for the disbelievers.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Your Lord may haply be merciful to you. But if you repeat it, We shall do the same. We have constituted Hell as prison for unbelievers.

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

    , "It is expected, , that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return , We will return . And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."

  • Muhammad Asad

    Your Sustainer may well show mercy unto you; but if you revert , We shall revert . And We have ordained that hell shall close upon all who deny the truth.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, but if ye repeat (the crime) We shall repeat (the punishment), and We have appointed hell a dungeon for the disbelievers.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Your Lord may well show Mercy to you, but if you revert to your evil behaviour, We shall revert to chastising you. We have made Hell a prison for those who are thankless of Allah's bounties.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    May Allah, your Creator have mercy on you; but should you resume your iniquities, We will in turn resume Our retributive punishment. We have made Hell for the infidels the dungeon's grim confines.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Now everything depends upon you. If you behave, God may be merciful to you. But if you go back to your old tricks (such as the way that Israelites have so far behaved in Palestine), I willsubject you again to the punishment. Know that I have made Hell a prison for those who choose to disregard the Lord’s guidance.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    : "It may be that your Lord may show mercy unto you, but if you return (to sins), We shall return (to Our Punishment). And We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if ye revert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): And we have made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith).

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you ˹if you repent˺, but if you return ˹to sin˺, We will return ˹to punishment˺. And We have made Hell a ˹permanent˺ confinement for the disbelievers."

  • Taqi Usmani

    May be your Lord would bestow mercy upon you. But if you do this again, We shall do that again, and We have made Jahannam (Hell) a prison for the disbelievers."

  • Abdul Haleem

    Your Lord may yet have mercy on you, but if you do the same again, so shall We: We have made Hell a prison for those who defy .

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Perchance your Lord will have mercy upon you; but if you return, We shall return; and We have made Gehenna a prison for the unbelievers.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    It may be that thy Lord will have mercy on you;- but if ye return we will return, and we have made hell a prison for the misbelievers.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    It may be that your Lord will yet have mercy on you. But if you revert to wrongdoing We will revert to punishment, and We have made Hell a prison for the faithless.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you; and in case you go back, We will go back; and We have made Hell a place of detention for the disbelievers. "

  • George Sale

    Peradventure your Lord will have mercy on you hereafter: But if ye return to transgress a third time, We also will return to chastise you; and We have appointed hell to be the prison of the unbelievers.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    It may be that your Lord may (still) show mercy to you; But if you go back (to your sins), We shall go back (to Our punishments): And We have made Hell a prison for disbelievers.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Still it is well-nigh that your Lord will again have mercy on you, (through Islam) but if you return (to mischief, We warn,) We too will return (to Our punishment), We have made Gehenna a prison-house for the ungrateful.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Maybe your Lord will have mercy on you, but if you revert, We will revert, and We have made hell a prison for the faithless.