Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Then they denied him; then there seized them the punishment of the Day of Shadow; it was the punishment of a tremendous day.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ
Fakaththaboohu faakhathahumAAathabu yawmi aththullati innahu kanaAAathaba yawmin AAatheem
#wordmeaningroot
1fakadhabūhuBut they denied himكذب
2fa-akhadhahumso seized themاخذ
3ʿadhābu(the) punishmentعذب
4yawmi(of the) dayيوم
5l-ẓulati(of) the shadowظلل
6innahuIndeed, it
7kānawasكون
8ʿadhāba(the) punishmentعذب
9yawmin(of) a Dayيوم
10ʿaẓīminGreatعظم
  • Aisha Bewley

    They denied him and the punishment of the Day of Shadow came down on them. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible Day.

  • Progressive Muslims

    But they denied him, so the retribution of the day of shadow took them. It was the retribution of a terrible day.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    But they persisted in denial. Then the Day of overshadowing gloom seized them. It was the suffering of an awesome day. (Historically, a dark extensive cloud rained upon them heavily and incessantly. It is sometimes referred to as the Day of the Canopy).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Then they denied him; then there seized them the punishment of the Day of Shadow; it was the punishment of a tremendous day.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    But they denied him, so the retribution of the day of shadow took them. It was the retribution of a terrible day.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    But they denied him, so the retribution of the day of shadow took them. It was the retribution of a terrible day.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    They disbelieved him and, consequently, they incurred the retribution of the Day of the Canopy. It was the retribution of an awesome day.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    But they denied him, and We seized them with the torment of the Day of Shadowing (when the cloud had rained down fire). It was indeed the torment of a terrible day!

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

    And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

  • Muhammad Asad

    But they gave him the lie. And thereupon suffering overtook them on a day dark with shadows: and, verily, it was the suffering of an awesome day!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Then they branded him a liar, whereupon the chastisement of the Day of Canopy overtook them. It was the chastisement of a very awesome day.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    They disbelieved him and refused credence to Our message wherefore were they seized with a wave of suffocating heat followed by a cumulus which overshadowed them and gave them a rainbow of hope of relief. But it was a joy in which they could not rejoice. It spoke thunder and reduced them to a useless form. It was indeed a torment that befell them on a momentous day.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Thus they rejected him and, consequently, a Canopy (out of which they were being bombarded, as they has asked for) was sent for their punishment. It was an awesome day, an awesome punishment.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    But they belied him, so the torment of the day of shadow (a gloomy cloud) seized them. Indeed that was the torment of a Great Day.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud. That was really a torment of a tremendous day.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Thus they rejected him, so they were seized by the torment of the Day of Canopy. Indeed it was the punishment of a terrible day.

  • Abdul Haleem

    They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    But they cried him lies; then there seized them the chastisement of the Day of Shadow; assuredly it was the chastisement of a dreadful day.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    but they called him liar, and the torment of the day of the shadow seized them; for it was the torment of a mighty day:

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Said he, "My Lord knows best what you do!"

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Yet they cried him lies; then the torment of the Day of the Overshadowing took them (away); surely it was the torment of a Tremendous Day.

  • George Sale

    And they charged him with falsehood: Wherefore the punishment of the day of the shadowing cloud overtook them; and this was the punishment of a grievous day.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But they denied him. Then the punishment of a day of great sorrow seized them, indeed that was the penalty of a Great Day.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Yet they cried him lies, so the punishment of the gloomy day with dark overshadowing clouds overtook them; it was indeed the punishment of an awful day.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a tremendous day.