38. Surah Sad, Verse 56
Gehenna, wherein they will burn; and evil is the resting-place.
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Aisha Bewley
Hell, where they will roast. What an evil resting-place!
Progressive Muslims
Hell is where they burn. What a miserable abode!
Shabbir Ahmed
Hell that is! Wherein they burn - the worst bed to lie on!
Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Gehenna, wherein they will burn; and evil is the resting-place.
The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Hell is where they burn. What a miserable abode!
Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament
Hell is where they burn; what a miserable abode!
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Hell, in which they will burn. How vile a resting place!
Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
Hell, which they will burn, and wretched is the resting place.
Muhammad Asad
hell will they have to endure - and how vile a resting-place!
Marmaduke Pickthall
Hell, where they will burn, an evil resting-place.
Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary
Hell, where they will be roasted. An evil place to dwell!
Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab
It is in the abysm of Hell that they shall burn and how evil is the bed they had made for themselves!
Bijan Moeinian
They will burn in Hell. What a miserable place to end up in.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Hell! Where they will burn, and worst (indeed) is that place to rest!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-
Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran
Hell, where they will burn. What an evil place to rest!
Taqi Usmani
the Jahannam, in which they will enter. So, how evil is that place to rest?
Abdul Haleem
Hell to burn in, an evil place to stay-
Arthur John Arberry
Gehenna, wherein they are roasted - an evil cradling!
E. Henry Palmer
hell; they shall broil therein, and an ill couch shall it be!
Hamid S. Aziz
Hell; they will burn in it, an evil resting-place.
Mahmoud Ghali
Hell, wherein they roast, miserable then is the cradling!
George Sale
namely, hell: They shall be cast into the same to be burned, and a wretched couch shall it be.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Hell, is where they will burn in there, an evil bed (to lie on)!
Amatul Rahman Omar
Gehenna, wherein they will enter. And (it shall be) an evil cradling (for nursing them to spiritual growth).
Ali Quli Qarai
—hell, which they shall enter, an evil resting place.