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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 26:158 | |
| < 26:159 26:157 > |
| Transliteration | Faakhathahumu alAAathabu inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena |
| Literal | So the torture punished/took them, that in that (is) an evidence/sign (E) , and most of them were not believing. |
| Yusuf Ali | But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe. |
| Pickthal | So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers. |
| Arberry | and the chastisement seized them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers. |
| Shakir | So the punishment overtook them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe. |
| Sarwar | and torment struck them. In this there is evidence of the Truth, yet many people do not have any faith. |
| Khalifa | The retribution overwhelmed them. This should be a lesson, but most people are not believers. |
| Hilali/Khan | So the torment overtook them. Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers. |
| H/K/Saheeh | And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers. |
| Malik | so the punishment overtook them. Surely in this story there is a great lesson, but most of these people do not learn a lesson and become believers.[158] |
| QXP | So, the Retribution seized them. Herein is indeed a sign, yet most people are not believers (in the Law of Requital). |
| Maulana Ali | So the chastisement overtook them. Surely there is a sign in this; yet most of them believe not. |
| Free Minds | So the retribution took them. In that is a sign, but most of them are not believers. |
| Qaribullah | and the punishment seized them. Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe. |
| George Sale | For the punishment which had been threatened overtook them. Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them did not believe. |
| JM Rodwell | For the punishment overtook them. In this truly was a sign, but most of them believed not. |
| Asad | for the suffering [predicted by Salih,] befell them [then and there]. In this [story], behold, there is a message [unto men], even though most of them will not believe [in it]. [In my opinion, the specific message alluded to here relates, in the first instance, to the individual person's emotional reluctance to visualize the limited, transitory character of his own life on earth (hinted at in verses 146 - l49 above) and, hence, the judgment that awaits everyone in the life to come; and, secondly, to the element of compassion for all other living beings as a basis of true morality.] |
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