Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And in the early morning there came upon them an abiding punishment:

وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُسْتَقِرٌّۚ
Walaqad sabbahahum bukratanAAathabun mustaqirr
#wordmeaningroot
1walaqadAnd certainly
2ṣabbaḥahumseized them in the morningصبح
3buk'ratanearlyبكر
4ʿadhābuna punishmentعذب
5mus'taqirrunabidingقرر
  • Aisha Bewley

    Early morning brought them enduring punishment:

  • Progressive Muslims

    And in the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And indeed, the inevitable punishment befell them early in the morning.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And in the early morning there came upon them an abiding punishment:

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And in the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    In the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And early in the morning the decreed punishment came upon them.

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

    And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

  • Muhammad Asad

    And, indeed, abiding suffering did befall them early on the morrow:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Indeed an abiding chastisement came upon them in the morning.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And in the morning We wedded them to an irretrievable and foreordained calamity.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Then early next morning a disaster struck them.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And indeed, by the early morning they were overwhelmed by an unrelenting torment.

  • Taqi Usmani

    And on the next morning, a lasting torment overtook them:

  • Abdul Haleem

    and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains-

  • Arthur John Arberry

    In the morning early there came upon them a settled chastisement:

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And there overtook them on the morning a settled punishment!-

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And early in the morning a lasting chastisement overtook them.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And indeed there already came upon them before sunrise a settled torment;

  • George Sale

    And early in the morning a lasting punishment surprized them.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And Verily, early on the next day an abiding punishment seized them:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And certainly there overtook them early in the morning a lasting punishment.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Certainly early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment: