Surah Al-Fajr — Verse 23

The Dawn · 89:23 · 23/30

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then?

Marmaduke Pickthall

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and Jahannam (Hell), on that day, will be brought forward, it will be the day when man will realize the truth, but from where will he take advantage of such realization?

Al-Hilali & Khan

And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and when Hell is brought near that Day. On that Day will man understand, but of what avail will that understanding be?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And on that Day hell will be brought [within sight]; on that Day man will remember [all that he did and failed to do]: but what will that remembrance avail him?