Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Ma'arij Verse 11

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(though) they will be made to see each other. A guilty person will desire that he may be able to ransom himself from the torment of that day even by his sons,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹although˺ they will be made to see each other. The wicked will wish to ransom themselves from the punishment of that Day by their children,

Ruwwad Translation Center

even though they will see one another. The wicked will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by offering his children,

A. J. Arberry

as they are given sight of them. The sinner will wish that he might ransom himself from the chastisement of that day even by his sons,

Abdul Haleem

even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Though they shall be made to see one another. Fain would the guilty ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire will be; Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children,

Abul Ala Maududi

although they shall be within sight of one another. The guilty one would fain ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his children,

Ahmed Ali

Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,

Ahmed Raza Khan

They will be seeing them; the guilty will wish if only he could redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by offering his sons.

Ali Quli Qarai

[though] they will be placed within each other’s sight. The guilty one will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children,

Ali Ünal

Though they will be in sight of each other. Every disbelieving criminal will yearn to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day even by his sons,

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Though) they will be placed in sight of one another. The guilty person would wish to redeem himself from the punishment of that day (even) by (offering) his children (as ransom);

English Literal

They make them see/understand; the criminal/sinner wishes/loves if he ransoms/compensates (sacrifices) with his sons from that day`s torture (to save himself).

Faridul Haque

They will be seeing them; the guilty will wish if only he could redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by offering his sons.

Hamid S. Aziz

Though they shall be given sight of each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by sacrificing his children,

Hilali & Khan

Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help)], - the Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever, etc.) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And his kin that gave him shelter,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

(Though) they shall be made to see each other. The guilty one would fain redeem himself from the chastisement of that day by (sacrificing) his children,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children

Muhammad Sarwar

though they may see each other. A sinner will wish that he could save himself from the torment of that day by sacrificing his children,

Qaribullah & Darwish

though they are in sight of each other. To ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, the sinner will wish that he might even ransom himself by his sons,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Though they shall be made to see one another, the criminal would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children.

Wahiduddin Khan

though they shall be within sight of each other. The guilty one will gladly ransom himself from the torment of that Day by sacrificing his own children,

Talal Itani

They will be shown each other. The criminal wishes he would be redeemed from the punishment of that Day by his children.

Tafsir jalalayn

They will [however] be made to see them, that is, friends will catch sight of one another, recognising one another but refraining from speaking [to one another] (the sentence [yubassarnahum] is a new [independent] one). The guilty one will desire, the disbeliever will yearn, to ransom himself from the chastisement of that day (read [min `adhbi] yawmi'dhin or [min `adhbin] yawma'idhin) at the price of his children,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ

And no friend will ask a friend, though they shall be made to see one another.

Meaning, no close friend will ask his close friend about his condition while he sees him in the worst of conditions. He will be worried about himself and will not be able to think of others.

Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas,

"Some of them will know others and they will be acquainted with each other. Then, they will flee from each other after that, as Allah says,

لِكُلِّ امْرِىءٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَيِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Every man that Day will have enough to make him careless of others." (80;37)

This honorable Ayah is similar to Allah's statement,

يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ وَاخْشَوْاْ يَوْماً لاأَّ يَجْزِى وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِ وَلاأَ مَوْلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِ شَيْياً إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ

O mankind!

Have Taqwa of your Lord, and fear a Day when no father can avail aught for his son, and nor a son avail aught for his father. Verily the promise of Allah is true. (31;33)

and He also says,

وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَى حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى

And if one heavily laden calls another to (bear) his load, nothing of it will be lifted even though he be near of kin. (35;18)

and He says,

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّورِ فَلَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَيِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَأءَلُونَ

Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of one another. (23;101)

and similarly He says,

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

وَصَـحِبَتِهُ وَبَنِيهِ

لِكُلِّ امْرِىءٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَيِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

That day shall a man flee from his brother, and from his mother and his father, and from his wife and his children.

Every man that Day will have enough to make him careless of others. (80;34-37)

Then Allah's saying here,
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يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِيِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ



وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ