Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Sent against you will be a flame of fire and smoke; and you will not be helped.

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِۚ
Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathunmin narin wanuhasun fala tantasiran
#wordmeaningroot
1yur'saluWill be sentرسل
2ʿalaykumāagainst both of you
3shuwāẓuna flameشوظ
4minof
5nārinfireنور
6wanuḥāsunand smokeنحس
7falāand not
8tantaṣirāniyou will (be able to) defend yourselvesنصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    He will pursue you with a piercing flame and fiery smoke, and you will not be helped.

  • Progressive Muslims

    There will be sent against both of you projectiles of fire and copper, and you cannot win.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    A blaze will be unleashed upon you - and thick smoke - and you will not be able to defend yourselves. (If you think that you can escape Divine Laws, you will never find your way in the thick smoke of conjecture).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Sent against you will be a flame of fire and smoke; and you will not be helped.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    He sends against both of you projectiles of fire, and of copper; so you will not succeed.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He sends against both of you projectiles of fire and copper; so you will not succeed.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    You get bombarded with projectiles of fire and metal, and you cannot win.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Let loose at you will be smokeless flames of fire so that you will not be able to defend yourselves.

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

    There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

  • Muhammad Asad

    A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    (If you so venture) a flame of fire and smoke shall be lashed at you, which you shall be unable to withstand.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    You will be rained with misfortunes showering on your heads and with streaming flames of fire and molten bross and columns of smoke and you will end up in smoke.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    You will be bombarded by the projectiles of fire and metals which you can not pass through .

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Flames of fire and ˹molten˺ copper will be sent against you, and you will not be able to defend one another.

  • Taqi Usmani

    A flame of fire and a smoke will be loosed against you, and you will not (be able) to defend.

  • Abdul Haleem

    A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Against you shall be loosed a flame of fire, and molten brass; and you shall not be helped.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    There shall be sent against you a flash or fire, and molten copper, and ye shall not be helped!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The flames of fire (to burn) and smoke (to choke) will be sent on you two, then you will have no defence.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Against you (both) will be sent flares of fire, and (molten) brass; then you will not vindicate yourselves.

  • George Sale

    A flame of fire without smoke, and a smoke without flame shall be sent down upon you; and ye shall not be able to defend yourselves therefrom.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    On you both (the evil ones from jinns' and men)! Will be sent (both) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke); No defense will you have:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Flames of fire, smoke and molten copper will be let loose upon you and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    There will be unleashed upon you a flash of fire and a smoke; then you will not be able to help one another.