Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Furqan Verse 13

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and when they will be thrown into a narrow place therein, while they will be chained together, they will call for death.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And when they are tossed into a narrow place inside ˹Hell˺, chained together, then and there they will cry out for ˹instant˺ destruction.

Ruwwad Translation Center

And when they are thrown into a narrow space therein, chained together, they will cry out for death.

A. J. Arberry

And when they are cast, coupled in fetters, into a narrow place of that Fire, they will call out there for destruction.

Abdul Haleem

and when they are hurled into a narrow part of it, chained together, they will cry out for death.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And when they are flung into a strait place thereof, bound Up, they shall call therein unto death.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then!

Abul Ala Maududi

And when they are chained together and flung into a narrow space therein, they will begin to call for death.

Ahmed Ali

And when they are cast within a narrow space of it chained together, they would plead for death.

Ahmed Raza Khan

And when they are thrown into a narrow place in it, bound in chains, they will pray for death in it.

Ali Quli Qarai

And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound together [in chains], they will pray for [their own] annihilation.

Ali Ünal

And when they are flung, chained together, into a narrow place in it, they will pray there for extinction.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And when they are thrown into some narrow place of it, chained in fetters, they will call out for (total) destruction, there and then.

English Literal

And if they were thrown from it (to) a narrow/tight place/position tied to each other, at that time and place they called (for) destruction and grief .

Faridul Haque

And when they are thrown into a narrow place in it, bound in chains, they will pray for death in it.

Hamid S. Aziz

When it sees them from a far place, they shall hear its raging and roaring;

Hilali & Khan

And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

When it sees them from a far-off place, they will hear its raging and roaring.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.

Muhammad Sarwar

When they are thrown, bound, into a narrow place therein, then only will they wish for their death.

Qaribullah & Darwish

And when, chained in (iron) fetters, they are cast into some narrow space of the Fire, they will call out for destruction.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction.

Wahiduddin Khan

When they are thrown into a narrow space, chained together, they will plead for death.

Talal Itani

And when they are thrown into it, into a tight place, shackled, they will plead there for death.

Tafsir jalalayn

And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof (read dayyiqan or dayqan, `narrow', such that it constricts them; minh, `thereof', is a circumstantial qualifier referring to maknan, `place', because it is actually an adjectival qualification of it) bound together, shackled, with their hands bound to their necks in chains (the use of the intensive form muqarranna [as opposed to muqranna] is meant to indicate a large number), they will at that point pray for [their own] annihilation, and it will be said to them;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَإِذَا أُلْقُوا مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُقَرَّنِينَ

And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together,

Qatadah narrated from Abu Ayyub that Abdullah bin `Amr said;

"Like the point of a spear, i.e., in its narrowness."

Abu Salih said,
مُقَرَّنِينَ
(chained together),

"This means, tied from their shoulders."

دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا



they will exclaim therein for destruction.

means, they will utter cries of woe, regret and sorrow.

لَاا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَاحِدًا وَادْعُوا ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا