Al-Qur'an Surah Ad-Dukhan Verse 44

Mufti Taqi Usmani

is the food of the sinful,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

will be the food of the evildoer.

Ruwwad Translation Center

will be the food of the sinful,

A. J. Arberry

is the food of the guilty,

Abdul Haleem

will be food for the sinners:

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Food of the sinner.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Will be the food of the Sinful,-

Abul Ala Maududi

shall be the food of the sinful.

Ahmed Ali

The food of sinners.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Is the food of the sinners.

Ali Quli Qarai

will be the food of the sinful.

Ali Ünal

The food of him addicted to sinning,

Amatul Rahman Omar

Shall be the food of the arch-sinners.

English Literal

(Is) the sinner`s/criminal`s food/feeding.

Faridul Haque

Is the food of the sinners.

Hamid S. Aziz

Is the food of the sinful,

Hilali & Khan

Will be the food of the sinners,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely the tree of Zaqqum

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Is the food of the sinful

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

The food of the sinner!

Muhammad Sarwar

is food for the sinner.

Qaribullah & Darwish

shall be the food of the guilty sinners.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Will be the food of the sinners.

Wahiduddin Khan

shall be food for the sinners:

Talal Itani

The food of the sinner.

Tafsir jalalayn

will be the food of the sinful, Ab Jahl and his companions, the gravest of sinners.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Verily, the tree of Zaqqum will be the food of the sinners.

Those who sinned by their words and in deeds. These are the disbelievers.

More than one commentator stated that this referred to Abu Jahl; undoubtedly he is included among those referred to in this Ayah, but it is not specifically about him.

Ibn Jarir recorded that Abu Ad-Darda' was reciting to a man;

إِنَّ شَجَرَةَ الزَّقُّومِ
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طَعَامُ الاَْثِيمِ
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Verily, the tree of Zaqqum will be the food of the sinners.

The man said, "The food of the orphan."

Abu Ad-Darda', may Allah be pleased with him, said,

"Say, the tree of Zaqqum is the food of the evildoer."

i.e., he will not have any other food apart from that.

Mujahid said,

"If a drop of it were to fall on the earth, it would corrupt the living of all the people of earth."

A similar Marfu` report has been narrated earlier