Surah Al-'Ankabut — Verse 55

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يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Yawma yaghshahumu alAAathabumin fawqihim wamin tahti arjulihim wayaqoolu thooqooma kuntum taAAmaloon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

on the Day when punishment overwhelms them from above and from below their very feet, and they will be told, ‘Now taste the punishment for what you used to do.’

Marmaduke Pickthall

On the day when the doom will overwhelm them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He will say: Taste what ye used to do!

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste ye (the fruits) of your deeds!"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

on the Day when the punishment will envelop them from above them and from under their feet and He (Allah) will say, “Taste what you used to do.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

On the Day when the torment (Hell-fire) shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(They will become aware of it) the Day when the chastisement will overwhelm them from above and from under their feet, and He will say to them: “Taste now the consequence of the deeds that you used to commit.”

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[encompass them] on the Day when suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, whereupon He shall say: “Taste [now the fruit of] your own doings!”