Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nahl Verse 113

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And, of course, a messenger from among themselves had come to them, but they rejected him; so the punishment seized them when they were wrongdoers.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

A messenger of their own actually did come to them, but they denied him. So the torment overtook them while they persisted in wrongdoing.

Ruwwad Translation Center

There came to them a messenger from among themselves, but they rejected him, so the punishment seized them while they were wrongdoers.

A. J. Arberry

There came indeed to them a Messenger from amongst them, but they cried him lies; so they were seized by the chastisement while they were evildoers.

Abdul Haleem

A messenger who was one of them came to them, but they called him a liar. So punishment overwhelmed them in the midst of their evildoing.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And assuredly there came to them an apostle from among them, but they belied him, wherefore the torment took hold of them while yet they were wrong-doers.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And there came to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they falsely rejected him; so the Wrath seized them even in the midst of their iniquities.

Abul Ala Maududi

Most certainly a Messenger came to them from among them; but they rejected him, calling him a liar. Therefore chastisement seized them while they engaged in wrong-doing.

Ahmed Ali

An apostle came to them who was one of them, but they called him a liar. Then they were seized by torment for they were sinners.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And indeed a Noble Messenger came to them from among them – in response they denied him, and therefore the punishment seized them, and they were unjust.

Ali Quli Qarai

Certainly there had come to them an apostle from among themselves, but they impugned him. So the punishment seized them while they were doing wrong.

Ali Ünal

For sure a Messenger from among themselves had come to them, but they denied him, and in consequence, the punishment seized them while they were doing wrong.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And certainly there had come to them a (great) Messenger from among their own men, but they cried lies to him so the (promised) punishment overtook them while they were behaving transgressingly.

English Literal

And a messenger from them had come to them so they denied him , so the torture took/punished them , and (while) they are unjust/oppressive.

Faridul Haque

And indeed a Noble Messenger came to them from among them - in response they denied him, and therefore the punishment seized them, and they were unjust.

Hamid S. Aziz

And there came to them a messenger from amongst themselves, but they called him a liar, so the torment seized them, while yet they were unjust.

Hilali & Khan

And verily, there had come unto them a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) from among themselves, but they denied him, so the torment overtook them while they were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And Allah sets forth a parable: A town safe and secure, to which its means of subsistence came in abundance from every quarter; but it disbelieved in Allah’s favours, so Allah made it taste a pall of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And certainly there came to them an Apostle from among them, but they rejected him, so the punishment overtook them while they were unjust.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And verily there had come unto them a messenger from among them, but they had denied him, and so the torment seized them while they were wrong-doers.

Muhammad Sarwar

A Messenger from their own people came to them and they called him a liar. Torment struck them because of their injustice.

Qaribullah & Darwish

A Messenger from their own was sent to them, but they belied him. So while they were harmdoers they were seized by the punishment.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

There has come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him, so the torment seized them while they were wrongdoers.

Wahiduddin Khan

There came to them a messenger from among themselves, but they rejected him as false, so punishment overtook them, as they were wrongdoers.

Talal Itani

A messenger from among them had come to them, but they denounced him, so the punishment seized them in the midst of their wrongdoing.

Tafsir jalalayn

And verily there came to them a messenger from among them, Muhammad (s), but they denied him, and so the chastisement, of hunger and fear, seized them while they were evildoers.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

There has come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him, so the torment seized them while they were wrongdoers