Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 18

The Rocky Tract · 15:18 · 18/99

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ

Illa mani istaraqa assamAAafaatbaAAahu shihabun mubeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

any eavesdropper will be pursued by a clearly visible flame.

Save him who stealeth the hearing, and them doth a clear flame pursue.

But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).

but the one who tries to eavesdrop is chased by a clearly visible flame.

Except him (devil) who steals the hearing then he is pursued by a clear flaming fire.

save him who may eavesdrop, and then a bright flame pursues him.

so that anyone who seeks to learn [the unknowable] by stealth is pursued by a flame clear to see.

except the one who manages to eavesdrop, he will then be pursued by a visible burning flame.

(18) Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

18. Except him (devil) who steals the hearing then he is pursued by a clear flaming fire.