Quran 11:20 — Hud, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They will not escape on earth, and there will be no one other than God to protect them. Their punishment will be doubled. They could not hear, and they did not see.
أُولَـٰئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُعْجِزِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۘ يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ السَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا يُبْصِرُونَ
ulāika lam yakūnū muʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamā kāna lahum min dūni l-lahi min awliyāa yuḍāʿafu lahumu l-ʿadhābu mā kānū yastaṭīʿūna l-samʿa wamā kānū yub'ṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- they are unable to frustrate Him on earth and they have no protectors, apart from God. For them the chastisement shall be doubled; they could not hear, neither did they see.
- Muhammad Asad
- Never can they elude [their final reckoning, even if they remain unscathed] on earth: never will they find anyone who could protect them from God. [In the life to come] double suffering will be imposed on them for having lost the ability to hear [the truth] and having failed to see [it].
- Sahih International
- Those were not causing failure [to Allāh] on earth, nor did they have besides Allāh any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 3 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | will be | كون |
| 4 | مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna | (able to) escape | عجز |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 7 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 8 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 9 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 10 | مِّنmin | besides | — |
| 11 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 13 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 14 | أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘawliyāa | protectors | ولي |
| 15 | يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafu | And will be doubled | ضعف |
| 16 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 17 | ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 18 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 19 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 20 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | able | طوع |
| 21 | ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa | (to) hear | سمع |
| 22 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 23 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 24 | يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna | see | بصر |