Al-Qur'an Surah Saba Verse 51
Saba [34]: 51 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
وَلَوْ تَرٰىٓ اِذْ فَزِعُوْا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَاُخِذُوْا مِنْ مَّكَانٍ قَرِيْبٍۙ (سبإ : ٣٤)
- walaw
- وَلَوْ
- And if
- tarā
- تَرَىٰٓ
- you (could) see
- idh
- إِذْ
- when
- faziʿū
- فَزِعُوا۟
- they will be terrified
- falā
- فَلَا
- but (there will be) no
- fawta
- فَوْتَ
- escape
- wa-ukhidhū
- وَأُخِذُوا۟
- and they will be seized
- min
- مِن
- from
- makānin
- مَّكَانٍ
- a place
- qarībin
- قَرِيبٍ
- near
Transliteration:
Wa law taraaa iz fazi'oo falaa fawta wa ukhizoo mim makaanin qareeb(QS. Sabaʾ:51)
English / Sahih Translation:
And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby. (QS. Saba, ayah 51)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And if you could only see when they will be terrified! Then there will be no escape, and they will be seized from a place near at hand.
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
If only you could see when they will be horrified with no escape ˹on Judgment Day˺! And they will be seized from a nearby place.[[ From the place of Judgment to Hell. ]]
Ruwwad Translation Center
If only you could see when they are stricken with terror, but there will be no escape, and they will be seized from a nearby place.
A. J. Arberry
Ah, if thou couldst see when they are terrified, and there is no escape, and they are seized from a place near at hand,
Abdul Haleem
[Prophet], if you could only see their terror! There will be no escape when they are seized from a nearby place;
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And couldst thou see the time when they shall be terrified! Then there shall be no escaping, and they shall be laid hold of from a place quite nigh.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a position (quite) near.
Abul Ala Maududi
If you could only see when the unbelievers will go about in a state of terror. They will have no escape and will be seized from a place near at hand.
Ahmed Ali
If you could see when they are gripped by terror without any escape, and are seized from close at hand
Ahmed Raza Khan
And if only you see, when they will be forced into a terror from which they will be unable to escape, and are seized from a place nearby. (Wherever they go, they are never far).
Ali Quli Qarai
Were you to see them when they will be stricken with terror, without any escape, and are seized from a close quarter.
Ali Ünal
If you could but see when they quake with dread (of death), with no escape, and are seized from a position very near.
Amatul Rahman Omar
And (you will be simply astonished) if you could only see when these (disbelievers) will be in the grip of fear; but then there will be no escape and they will be seized (with punishment) at a place nearby (- at Badr).
English Literal
And if you see/understand when/if they were frightened/panic stricken , so (there is) no passing/missing (escape) , and they were taken/punished from a near/close place/position.
Faridul Haque
And if only you see, when they will be forced into a terror from which they will be unable to escape, and are seized from a place nearby. (Wherever they go, they are never far).
Hamid S. Aziz
Say, " If I err, I err only against my own soul, and if I follow a right direction, it is because of what my Lord reveals to me; surely He is Hearing, Nigh.
Hilali & Khan
And if you could but see, when they will be terrified with no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a near place.
Maulana Mohammad Ali
Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss; and if I go aright, it is because of what my Lord reveals to me. Surely He is Hearing, Nigh.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
And could you see when they shall become terrified, but (then) there shall be no escape and they shall be seized upon from a near place
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Couldst thou but see when they are terrified with no escape, and are seized from near at hand,
Muhammad Sarwar
Would that you could see how the unbelievers will be terrified by death from which they cannot escape. They will be seized from a nearby place
Qaribullah & Darwish
If you could only see when they (the unbelievers) are seized with terror, and there is no escape. They shall be seized from a nearby place,
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And if you could but see, when they will be terrified with no escape, and they will be seized from a near place.
Wahiduddin Khan
If you could only see when those who denied the truth are terrified, and there is no way out, and they are seized from a place nearby;
Talal Itani
If you could only see when they are terrified, and there is no escape, and they are seized from a nearby place.
Tafsir jalalayn
If you could but see, O Muhammad (s), when they are stricken with terror, at the Resurrection, you would see a dreadful thing, and so there is no escape, for them, from Us, that is to say, they will not [be able to] elude Us, and they are seized from a close quarter, namely, [from] the graves.
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
Allah says;
وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَ فَوْتَ
And if you could but see, when they will be terrified with no escape,
Here Allah says;`if only you could see, O Muhammad, when these deniers are terrified on the Day of Resurrection, and they have no way of escape and nowhere to run to and no refuge.'
وَأُخِذُوا مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
and they will be seized from a near place.
means, they will not even be given the slightest chance of escape, but they will be seized from the first instant.
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said;
"When they come forth from their graves.