Al-Qur'an Surah Ad-Dukhan Verse 49

Mufti Taqi Usmani

“Have a taste! You are the ‘man of might’, the ‘man of honour’.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹The wicked will be told,˺ “Taste this. You mighty, noble one![[ Abu Jahl, a Meccan pagan leader, met the warning of punishment in the Hereafter by exclaiming, “How can I be punished when I am the mighty, noble one!”]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

“Taste this. You are surely the mighty and honorable!

A. J. Arberry

'Taste! Surely thou art the mighty, the noble.

Abdul Haleem

‘Taste this, you powerful, respected man!

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Taste thou! thou art indeed mighty, honoured!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

Abul Ala Maududi

Taste this, you are a person mighty and noble!

Ahmed Ali

"Taste it," (they will be told). "You were indeed the mighty and noble!

Ahmed Raza Khan

Saying “Taste it! Indeed you only are the most honourable, the dignified!”

Ali Quli Qarai

[and tell them,] “Taste this! Indeed you are the [self-styled] mighty and noble!

Ali Ünal

"Taste! (Only in your own judgment) were you mighty, honorable, and noble.

Amatul Rahman Omar

(It will be said to him,) `Suffer this (punishment of yours which you doubted). You (deemed yourself) as if you were the mighty, the honourable one.

English Literal

Taste/experience, that you are, you are the glorious/mighty , the honored/generous .

Faridul Haque

Saying “Taste it! Indeed you only are the most honourable, the dignified!”

Hamid S. Aziz

"Saying, ´Taste; lo! You were forsooth the mighty, the noble!

Hilali & Khan

"Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Then pour on his head of the torment of boiling water --

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!

Muhammad Sarwar

They will be told, "Suffer the torment. You had thought yourselves to be majestic and honorable.

Qaribullah & Darwish

(Saying): 'Taste, surely you are the mighty and noble!

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

"Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous."

Wahiduddin Khan

Taste this; you who considered yourself the mighty, the honourable!

Talal Itani

Taste! You who were powerful and noble.

Tafsir jalalayn

And it will be said to him; `Taste!, that is, [taste] the chastisement. Indeed you are the mighty, the noble one!, as you claimed when you used to say, `There is nothing between its two mountains [sc. Mecca] that is mightier or nobler than me!'

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous.

means, they (the keepers of Hell) will say that to him by way of ridicule and rebuke.

Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said;

"This means, you are neither mighty nor generous."

And Allah's saying;

إِنَّ هَذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ