Quran 10:50 — Yunus, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Think: if His punishment were to come to you, during the night or day, what part of it would the guilty wish to hasten?
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُهُ بَيَاتًا أَوْ نَهَارًا مَاذَا يَسْتَعْجِلُ مِنْهُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
qul ara-aytum in atākum ʿadhābuhu bayātan aw nahāran mādhā yastaʿjilu min'hu l-muj'rimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Have you considered? If His chastisement comes upon you by night or day, what part of it will the sinners seek to hasten?
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Have you ever considered [how you would feel] if His chastisement were to befall you by night or by day? What could there be in that prospect that people lost in sin should wish to hasten?
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Do you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 4 | أَتَىٰكُمْatākum | comes to you | أتي |
| 5 | عَذَابُهُۥʿadhābuhu | His punishment | عذب |
| 6 | بَيَـٰتًاbayātan | (by) night | بيت |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | نَهَارًۭاnahāran | (by) day | نهر |
| 9 | مَّاذَاmādhā | what (portion) | — |
| 10 | يَسْتَعْجِلُyastaʿjilu | of it would (wish to) hasten | عجل |
| 11 | مِنْهُmin'hu | of it would (wish to) hasten | — |
| 12 | ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūna | the criminals | جرم |