Quran 70:11 — Al-Ma'aarij, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons,
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons,
- Muhammad Asad
- though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children,
- Sahih International
- They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚyubaṣṣarūnahum | They will be made to see each other | بصر |
| 2 | يَوَدُّyawaddu | Would wish | ودد |
| 3 | ٱلْمُجْرِمُl-muj'rimu | the criminal | جرم |
| 4 | لَوْlaw | if | — |
| 5 | يَفْتَدِىyaftadī | he (could be) ransomed | فدي |
| 6 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 7 | عَذَابِʿadhābi | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 8 | يَوْمِئِذٍۭyawmi-idhin | (of) that Day | — |
| 9 | بِبَنِيهِbibanīhi | by his children | بني |