# 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 203

- **Surah:** 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) — سورة الشعراء
- **Verse:** 203 / 227 · **Juz:** 19 · **Mushaf page:** 374
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-203

## Arabic

فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَۜ

## Transcription

Fayaqooloo hal nahnu muntharoon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

They will say, ‘Can we be granted a reprieve?’

### Progressive Muslims

Then they would Say: "Can we be given more time"

### Shabbir Ahmed

Then they will say, "Could we have a respite?"

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Then will they say: “Can we be granted respite?”

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

Thenthey would say: "Can we be given more time?"

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

They will then say, "Can we have a respite?"

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Then will they say: "Can we be given respite?"

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

### Muhammad Asad

and then they will exclaim, "Could we have a respite?"

### Marmaduke Pickthall

Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

they say: "Can we be granted some respite?"[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] There is a subtle gap between this and the preceding sentence, which the reader himself can fill with a little thinking. They were asking for the torment to be hastened because they were not sure that it would ever come. They were confident that they would continue living a life of ease and indulgence as they had been living till then. On account of the same confidence they challenged the Prophet (peace be upon him), as if to say: If you are a Messenger of Allah, and we deserve to be chastised by Allah because we have treated you as a liar, then you should hasten that torment on us, with which you threaten us. At this it is being said: Well, even if they be right in their confidence, and the torment is not sent upon them immediately, and they are allowed a long respite to enjoy life as they expect, the question is: What will these few years of worldly pleasure and comfort avail them when the inevitable scourge from Allah overtakes them suddenly as it overtook the Aad and the Thamud, or the people of Lot and of Aiykah, or if they are visited by death which nobody can escape.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

There and then they shall change their minds with regard to past action and conduct and express their hope which springs eternal in their breasts and say: "can we be given respite so that we corrects all the wrongs"

### Bijan Moeinian

They will then say: "May we have a second chance?"

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Then they will say: "Can we be respited?"

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Then they will cry, "Can we be allowed more time?"

### Taqi Usmani

and (then) they will say, "Is it (possible) that we are given some respite?"

### Abdul Haleem

and then they will say, ‘Can we have more time?’

### Arthur John Arberry

and they will say, 'Shall we be respited?'

### E. Henry Palmer

They will say, 'Shall we be respited?-

### Hamid S. Aziz

And it shall come to them suddenly when they perceive not.

### Mahmoud Ghali

Then they will say, "will we be respited?"

### George Sale

And they shall say, shall we be respited?

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then they will say: Will we be given some relief?

### Amatul Rahman Omar

They will say then, `Shall we be given some respite?'

### Ali Quli Qarai

Thereupon they will say, ‘Shall we be granted any respite?’

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

(O vakit) derler ki: "Bize ek süre tanınır mı ki?"

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Derler ki: "bize bir süre tanınır mı?"

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

"Acaba bize mühlet verilir mi?" derler.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

(201-203) Onlar, farkında olmadan ansızın kendilerine gelecek olan elem dolu azabı görüp de, "Bize mühlet verilmez mi?" demedikçe, ona inanmazlar.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Desinler ki acaba bize bir müsaade edilir mi?

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

(O zaman) diyecekler: "Acaba bize bir mühlet verilir mi?"

### Gültekin Onan

Derler ki: "Bize bir süre tanınır mı?"

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

(Gelecekdir de "Acaba) bize bir mühlet verilir mi?" diyeceklerdir.

### İbni Kesir

O zaman derler ki: Acaba bekletilemez miyiz?

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

ve o zaman onlar: "Acaba geri bırakılamaz mıyız?" diye feryad edecekler.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

İşte o zaman: -Acaba bize biraz daha süre tanınır mı? derler.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

(Birden onu karşılarında bulunca) "Acaba bize süre verilir mi?" derler.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

O zaman şöyle derler: "Acaba bize süre verilir mi?"

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Bunun üzerine onlar "Bize (ilave) bir süre daha tanınamaz mı?" diyecekler.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

O zaman; "Bize birazcık olsun süre verilir mi acaba?" diyecekler.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

O zaman, şöyle derler: "Bize, biraz süre verilir mi?"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Gelince de: "bize fırsat tanınsa olmaz mı" diyeceklerdir.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

(Azabı gördüklerinde) "Bize süre tanınır mı?" diyeceklerdir.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

O zaman; "Bize birazcık olsun süre verilir mi acaba?" diyecekler.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

O zaman; "Bize birazcık olsun süre verilir mi acaba?" diyecekler.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

O zaman "Bize fırsat tanınsa olmaz mı?" derler.

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَيَقُولُوا۟ — fayaqūlū | Then they will say | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam |
| 2 | هَلْ — hal | Are | — |
| 3 | نَحْنُ — naḥnu | we | — |
| 4 | مُنظَرُونَ — munẓarūna | (to be) reprieved | نظر — Nun-Zay-Ra |

---
Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-202.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-204.md
Retrieved: 2026-08-05
Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.