Al-Qur'an Surah Hud Verse 65

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then they slaughtered her. So, he said, “Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days (only). That is a promise, not to be backed out.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But they killed her, so he warned ˹them˺, “You have ˹only˺ three ˹more˺ days to enjoy life in your homes—this is an unfailing promise!”

Ruwwad Translation Center

But they hamstrung her, so he said, “Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is an unfailing promise!”

A. J. Arberry

But they hamstrung her; and he said, 'Take your joy in your habitation three days -- that is a promise not to be belied.'

Abdul Haleem

But they hamstrung it, so he said, ‘Enjoy life for another three days:

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Yet they hamstrang her. Then he said: enjoy yourselves in your dwellings three days: that is a promise, not to be falsified.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But they did ham-string her. So he said; "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days; (Then will be your ruin); (Behold) there a promise not to be belied!"

Abul Ala Maududi

But they slaughtered her. Thereupon Salih warned them: 'Enjoy yourselves in your homes for a maximum of three days. This is a promise which shall not be belied.'

Ahmed Ali

But they hamstrung her. Then (Saleh) said: "You have but three days to enjoy life in your homes. Infallible is this promise.

Ahmed Raza Khan

In response they hamstrung her, he therefore said, “Enjoy a further three days in your homes; this is a promise that will not be untrue.”

Ali Quli Qarai

But they hamstrung her, whereupon he said, ‘Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: that is a promise not to be belied!’

Ali Ünal

But (unable to bear to see her as an evidence of the truth of Salih’s message) they cruelly slaughtered her. Then he (Salih) said: "Enjoy the life in your habitations three days more, (then will be your ruin). This is a threat that will not be proved false."

Amatul Rahman Omar

But they hamstrung her, so that he (- Sâlih) said, `You shall enjoy the provision of Allâh in your worldly abodes only for (another) three days. This is a promise which will never prove false.´

English Literal

So they wounded it/slaughtered it/cut it/made it infertile, so he said: "Enjoy three days in your home/country , that (is) a promise not denied/falsified."

Faridul Haque

In response they hamstrung her, he therefore said, "Enjoy a further three days in your homes; this is a promise that will not be untrue."

Hamid S. Aziz

"O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a test (symbol, token) for you; leave her, then, to feed in Allah´s earth, and touch her not with harm, lest a near torment seize you."

Hilali & Khan

But they killed her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a promise (i.e. a threat) that will not be belied."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And, O my people, this is Allah’s she-camel, a sign for you, so leave her to pasture on Allah’s earth and touch her not with evil, lest a near chastisement overtake you.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

But they slew her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in your abode for three days, that is a promise not to be belied.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.

Muhammad Sarwar

When they slew the she-camel, Salih told them, "You have only three days to enjoy living in your homes (before you will be struck by the torment). This is an inevitable prophecy."

Qaribullah & Darwish

Yet they hamstrung her. He (Salih) said: 'Take your enjoyment in your homes for three days! This is a promise that cannot be belied'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

But they slaughtered her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a promise (a threat) that will not be belied."

Wahiduddin Khan

But they hamstrung her. He [Salih] said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three more days. This warning will not prove false."

Talal Itani

But they hamstrung her, and so He said, “Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a prophecy that is infallible.”

Tafsir jalalayn

But they hamstrung her, Qudr hamstrung her at their command, and he, Slih, said, `Enjoy [yourselves], live, in your dwellings for three days, whereafter you will be destroyed. That is a promise that will not be belied'.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

But they slaughtered her. So he said;"Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a promise (a threat) that will not be belied."

فَلَمَّا جَاء أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَالِحًا وَالَّذِينَ امَنُواْ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْيِ يَوْمِيِذٍ

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ