Al-Qur'an Surah Az-Zumar Verse 40

Mufti Taqi Usmani

as to who will be visited by a punishment that will disgrace him, and upon whom a lasting punishment will rest.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

who will be visited by a humiliating torment ˹in this life˺ and overwhelmed by an everlasting punishment ˹in the next˺.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

who will receive a humiliating punishment, and upon whom will descend an everlasting punishment.”

A. J. Arberry

to whom will come a chastisement degrading him, and upon whom lights a lasting chastisement.'

Abdul Haleem

who will suffer humiliation, and on whom a lasting torment will descend.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

On whom cometh a torment humiliating him, and on whom alighteth a torment lasting.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of ignominy, and on whom descends a Penalty that abides."

Abul Ala Maududi

whom the degrading chastisement will visit and upon whom the everlasting chastisement will alight.

Ahmed Ali

Who suffers the shameful punishment, and on whom falls the everlasting torment.

Ahmed Raza Khan

“To whom will come a punishment that will disgrace, and upon whom descends the punishment that never ends.”

Ali Quli Qarai

who will be overtaken by a punishment that will disgrace him, and on whom a lasting punishment will descend.’

Ali Ünal

Who they are upon whom (in the world) there will come a punishment that will abase them, and upon whom a lasting punishment will descend (in the Hereafter)."

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Who receives a punishment that will disgrace him (in this life), and who suffers from a lasting torment (in the Hereafter)?´

English Literal

Who comes to him (gets a) torture (that) shames/disgraces him and places/resides on him (a) continuous torture.

Faridul Haque

“To whom will come a punishment that will disgrace, and upon whom descends the punishment that never ends.”

Hamid S. Aziz

Who it is to whom there shall come a punishment which will disgrace him and to whom will be due an enduring punishment.

Hilali & Khan

"To whom comes a disgracing torment, and on whom descends an everlasting torment."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Say: O my people, work in your place. Surely I am a worker, so you will come to know,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Who it is to whom there shall come a punishment which will disgrace him and to whom will be due a lasting punishment.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Who it is unto whom cometh a doom that will abase him, and on whom there falleth everlasting doom.

Muhammad Sarwar

who will face the humiliating torment and suffer everlasting retribution".

Qaribullah & Darwish

upon whom the punishment will come that will degrade him, and who will be overtaken by an everlasting punishment'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"To whom comes a disgracing torment, and on whom descends an everlasting torment."

Wahiduddin Khan

who will suffer a humiliating torment and on whom will descend an everlasting punishment."

Talal Itani

Who will receive a humiliating punishment, and on whom will fall a lasting torment.”

Tafsir jalalayn

to whom (man, introduces the relative clause that is the direct object of [the action of] `knowing') will come a chastisement that will disgrace him and on whom there will descend a lasting chastisement', an everlasting one, namely, the chastisement of the Fire. Indeed God [then] disgraced them at Badr.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ

To whom comes a disgracing torment,

means, in this world,

وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ



and on whom descends an everlasting torment.

means, ongoing and eternal, with no escape, which will come on the Day of Resurrection.

We seek refuge with Allah from that