Quran 7:38 — Al-A'raaf, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God will say, ‘Join the crowds of jinn and humans who have gone before you into the Fire.’ Every crowd curses its fellow crowd as it enters, then, when they are all gathered inside, the last of them will say of the first, ‘Our Lord, it was they who led us astray: give them double punishment in the Fire’- God says, ‘Every one of you will have double punishment, though you do not know it’-
قَالَ ادْخُلُوا فِي أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ فِي النَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ادَّارَكُوا فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَاهُمْ لِأُولَاهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـٰؤُلَاءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَآتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِنَ النَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـٰكِنْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
qāla ud'khulū fī umamin qad khalat min qablikum mina l-jini wal-insi fī l-nāri kullamā dakhalat ummatun laʿanat ukh'tahā ḥattā idhā iddārakū fīhā jamīʿan qālat ukh'rāhum liūlāhum rabbanā hāulāi aḍallūnā faātihim ʿadhāban ḍiʿ'fan mina l-nāri qāla likullin ḍiʿ'fun walākin lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He will say, 'Enter among nations that passed away before you, jinn and mankind, into the Fire.' Whenever any nation enters, it curses its sister-nation; till, when they have all successively come there, the last of them shall say to the first of them, 'O our Lord, these led us astray; so give them a double chastisement of the Fire.' He will say, 'Unto each a double, but you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And God] will say: "Join those hosts of invisible beings and humans who have gone before you into the fire!" [And] every time a host enters [the fire], it will curse its fellow-host -so much so that, when they all shall have passed into it, one after another, the last of them will speak [thus] of the first of them: "O our Sustainer! It is they who have led us astray: give, them, therefore, double suffering through fire!" He, will reply: "Every one of you deserves double suffering -but you know it not."
- Sahih International
- [Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them, "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He (will) say | قول |
| 2 | ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulū | Enter | دخل |
| 3 | فِىٓfī | among | — |
| 4 | أُمَمٍۢumamin | (the) nations | أمم |
| 5 | قَدْqad | (who) | — |
| 6 | خَلَتْkhalat | passed away | خلو |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | قَبْلِكُمqablikum | before you | قبل |
| 9 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 10 | ٱلْجِنِّl-jini | the jinn | جنن |
| 11 | وَٱلْإِنسِwal-insi | and the men | أنس |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 14 | كُلَّمَاkullamā | Every time | كلل |
| 15 | دَخَلَتْdakhalat | entered | دخل |
| 16 | أُمَّةٌۭummatun | a nation | أمم |
| 17 | لَّعَنَتْlaʿanat | it cursed | لعن |
| 18 | أُخْتَهَا ۖukh'tahā | its sister (nation) | أخو |
| 19 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 20 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 21 | ٱدَّارَكُوا۟iddārakū | they had overtaken one another | درك |
| 22 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 23 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all | جمع |
| 24 | قَالَتْqālat | (will) say | قول |
| 25 | أُخْرَىٰهُمْukh'rāhum | (the) last of them | أخر |
| 26 | لِأُولَىٰهُمْliūlāhum | about the first of them | أول |
| 27 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 28 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | these | — |
| 29 | أَضَلُّونَاaḍallūnā | misled us | ضلل |
| 30 | فَـَٔاتِهِمْfaātihim | so give them | أتي |
| 31 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | punishment | عذب |
| 32 | ضِعْفًۭاḍiʿ'fan | double | ضعف |
| 33 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 34 | ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 35 | قَالَqāla | He (will) say | قول |
| 36 | لِكُلٍّۢlikullin | For each | كلل |
| 37 | ضِعْفٌۭḍiʿ'fun | (is) a double | ضعف |
| 38 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | [and] but | — |
| 39 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 40 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you know | علم |