Quran 34:51 — Saba, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], if you could only see their terror! There will be no escape when they are seized from a nearby place;
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
walaw tarā idh faziʿū falā fawta wa-ukhidhū min makānin qarībin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ah, if thou couldst see when they are terrified, and there is no escape, and they are seized from a place near at hand,
- Muhammad Asad
- IF THOU couldst but see [how the deniers of the truth will fare on Resurrection Day,] when they will shrink in terror, with nowhere to escape - since they will have been seized from so close nearby
- Sahih International
- And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | تَرَىٰٓtarā | you (could) see | رأي |
| 3 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 4 | فَزِعُوا۟faziʿū | they will be terrified | فزع |
| 5 | فَلَاfalā | but (there will be) no | — |
| 6 | فَوْتَfawta | escape | فوت |
| 7 | وَأُخِذُوا۟wa-ukhidhū | and they will be seized | أخذ |
| 8 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 9 | مَّكَانٍۢmakānin | a place | كون |
| 10 | قَرِيبٍۢqarībin | near | قرب |