Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qalam Verse 16

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We will soon brand him on the snout.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

We will soon mark his snout.[[ Like {53:33}-35 and {74:11}-26, these verses refer to Al-Walîd ibn Al-Mughîrah, a leader of the Meccan opposition against Islam. He rejected the Prophet (ﷺ) as a madman, so the Quran responded by listing ten of his qualities—two of which were unknown to him: the fact that he was born out of wedlock and that his nose would be chopped off several years later at the Battle of Badr. At least three of his ten sons accepted Islam—including Khâlid ibn Al-Walîd.]] 

Ruwwad Translation Center

We will soon brand him on the snout.

A. J. Arberry

We shall brand him upon the muzzle!

Abdul Haleem

We shall brand him on the snout!

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Anon We shall brand him on snout.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!

Abul Ala Maududi

Soon shall We brand him on his snout.

Ahmed Ali

We shall brand him on the muzzle.

Ahmed Raza Khan

We will soon singe his pig-nose.

Ali Quli Qarai

Soon We shall brand him on his snout.

Ali Ünal

We will brand him on the nose (to mark indelibly his disgrace).

Amatul Rahman Omar

We will soon brand him on the snout (and stigmatize him with indelible disgrace).

English Literal

We will brand him by fire/mark him on the nose/trunk/snout (usually used for elephants).

Faridul Haque

We will soon singe his pig-nose.

Hamid S. Aziz

We will brand him on the snout.

Hilali & Khan

We shall brand him over the nose!

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And would not set aside a portion (for the poor).

Mohammad Habib Shakir

We will brand him on the nose.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

We shall brand him on the nose.

Muhammad Sarwar

We shall brand him on his nose.

Qaribullah & Darwish

We shall mark him upon his nose!

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

We shall brand him on the snout (nose)!

Wahiduddin Khan

Soon We will brand him on the nose.

Talal Itani

We will brand him on the muzzle.

Tafsir jalalayn

We shall brand him on the snout; We shall leave a distinguishing mark upon his nose, one by which he will be reviled for as long as he lives; and so his nose was chopped off by a sword at Badr.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

We shall brand him on the snout!

Ibn Jarir said,

"We will make his matter clear and evident so that they will know him and he will not be hidden from them, just as the branding mark on the snouts (of animals)."

Others have said,
سَنَسِمُهُ
(We shall brand him),

This is the mark of the people of the Hell-fire; meaning, `We will blacken his face on the Day of Judgement,' and the face has been referred to here as snout