Al-Qur'an Surah An-Nazi'at Verse 25

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So, Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in the Hereafter and the present world.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So Allah overtook him, making him an example in this life and the next.

Ruwwad Translation Center

So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter.

A. J. Arberry

So God seized him with the chastisement of the Last World and the First.

Abdul Haleem

so God condemned him to punishment in the life to come as well as in this life:

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Wherefore Allah laid hold of him with the punishment of the Hereafter and of the present.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

Abul Ala Maududi

Thereupon Allah seized him for the chastisement of the World to Come as well as of the present.

Ahmed Ali

So God seized him for the punishment of the Hereafter and this world.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Allah therefore seized him, in the punishment of this world and the Hereafter.

Ali Quli Qarai

So Allah seized him with the punishment of this life and the Hereafter.

Ali Ünal

And so God seized him and made an example of him, of punishment in the later and the earlier (life).

Amatul Rahman Omar

So Allâh seized him for the punishment of (both) the next and the present life.

English Literal

So God punished/took him (the) severe exemplary punishment (of) the end (other life) and the first/beginning.

Faridul Haque

Allah therefore seized him, in the punishment of this world and the Hereafter.

Hamid S. Aziz

So Allah seized him with the punishment of the Hereafter and the former life.

Hilali & Khan

So Allah, seized him with punishment for his last [i.e. his saying: "I am your lord, most high") (see Verse 79:24)] and first [(i.e. his saying, "O chiefs! I know not that you have a god other than I" (see Verse 28:38)] transgression.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely there is in this a lesson for him who fears.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

Muhammad Sarwar

So God struck him with the torment of this life and the life hereafter.

Qaribullah & Darwish

So Allah seized him with the punishment of the Everlasting Life, and of this world.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

So Allah seized him with punishing example for the Hereafter and the first (life).

Wahiduddin Khan

but God seized him and meted out to him the chastisement of both the next world and the present:

Talal Itani

So God seized him with an exemplary punishment, in the last and in the first.

Tafsir jalalayn

So God seized him, He destroyed him by drowning him, as punishment for the latter, that is to say, these [last] words [of his], and for the former, that is to say, his saying previously, `I do not know of any god for you other than me' [Q. 28;38] -- and between the two [claims made by Pharaoh] was an interval of forty years.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

So Allah seized him with a punishing example for the Hereafter and the first (life).

meaning, Allah avenged Himself against him with a severe vengeance, and He made an example and admonition of him for those rebellious people in the world who are like him.

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ بِيْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ

And on the Day of Resurrection, evil indeed is the gift gifted, ﴿i.e., the curse (in this world) pursued by another curse (in the Hereafter). (11;99)

This is as Allah says,

وَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ أَيِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيـمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire;and on the Day of Resurrection, they will not be helped. (28;41)

Allah said;

إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَى