Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Rahman Verse 31

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Soon We are going to spare Ourselves for you (to reckon your deeds), O two heavy species (of Jinn and mankind)!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We will soon attend to you ˹for judgment˺, O  two multitudes ˹of jinn and humans˺!

Ruwwad Translation Center

We will attend to you, O two multitudes [men and jinn].

A. J. Arberry

We shall surely attend to you at leisure, you weight and you weight!

Abdul Haleem

We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind].

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Anon We shall direct Our selves to you, O ye two classes.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!

Abul Ala Maududi

O you twain, who are a burden (on the earth), We shall attend to you and call you to account.

Ahmed Ali

We shall soon be free to turn to you, O weary caravans,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Disposing all works quickly We tend towards your account, O you two large groups!

Ali Quli Qarai

Soon We shall make Ourselves unoccupied for you, O you notable two!

Ali Ünal

We will (in time) settle your affairs, O you two most honorable classes of creatures (of the earth endowed with important faculties and therefore having heavy responsibilities)!

Amatul Rahman Omar

We shall reckon with you O you two big groups (of the righteous and the rebellious).

English Literal

We will finish/end/complete (free ourselves) for you, oh you, the humans and Jinns (the two weights).

Faridul Haque

Disposing all works quickly We tend towards your account, O you two large groups!

Hamid S. Aziz

Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two worlds (men and jinn or outer and inner, manifest and hidden).

Hilali & Khan

We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinns and men)!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

All those in the heavens and the earth ask of Him. Every moment He is in a state (of glory).

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two armies.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).

Muhammad Sarwar

Jinn and mankind, We shall certainly settle your accounts.

Qaribullah & Darwish

We shall surely aim, O both burdened.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

We shall attend to you, O Thaqalan!

Wahiduddin Khan

Soon We shall attend to you -- two big groups [of jinn and mankind].

Talal Itani

We will attend to you, O prominent two.

Tafsir jalalayn

We will attend to you, We shall turn to reckon with you, O you two heavy ones!, mankind and jinn.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

A Warning for Humans and Jinn

Allay says,

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَنِ



We shall attend to you, O Thaqalan!

Ibn Jurayj said that the Ayah,
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ
(We shall attend to you), means,

`We shall judge you,'

while Al-Bukhari said that it means,

"We shall recompense you. Surely, nothing will busy Allah from attending to anything else."

This type of speech pattern is common in the Arabic language. For example, one would say, "I will attend to you," even when one is not busy with anything else.

Allah's saying;

أَيُّهَا الثَّقَلَن
(O you Thaqalan!), refers to the humans and the Jinns, as in the Hadith;

يَسْمَعُهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ الثَّقَلَيْن

Everyone will be able to hear it, except the Thaqalayn.

In another narration that explains it, the Prophet said,

إِلاَّ الاِْنْسَ وَالْجِن
except mankind and the Jinns.

Allah said,

فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ