Surah Ad-Dukhan — Verse 49

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ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

Thuq innaka anta alAAazeezu alkareem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

‘Taste this, you powerful, respected man!

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

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

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Taste this, you are a person mighty and noble!

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Taste it - thou who [on earth] hast considered thyself so mighty, so noble!

Rowwad · source edition

“Taste this. You are surely the mighty and honorable![12]

Notes

[12] Abu Jahl, the chief of pagans in Makkah, replied to the warning of punishment in the Hereafter by saying, “How can I be punished when I am the mighty and honorable one!” So Allah killed him in the Battle of Badr and humiliated him, and revealed this verse. He will be taunted with these words in Hell as a reminder of his own words and additional torment.

Noor International · source edition

(49) [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble![1466]

Notes

[1466]- As he had claimed upon the earth. He is taunted with these words in Hell as a reminder and additional torment.