Surah Al-Qamar — Verse 42

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كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Kaththaboo bi-ayatinakulliha faakhathnahum akhthaAAazeezin muqtadir

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(But) they rejected all Our signs; so We seized them- a seizure by One Mighty, Powerful.

Al-Hilali & Khan

(They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable (Omnipotent).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

but they gave the lie to Our Signs, to all of them. Thereupon We seized them with the seizing of the Most Mighty, the Most Powerful.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

they, too, gave the lie to all Our messages: and thereupon We took them to task as only the Almighty, who determines all things, can take to task.

Rowwad · source edition

But they rejected all of Our signs, so We seized them with the grip of the All-Mighty, Most Powerful.