Surah Al-Qasas — Verse 81
The Stories · 28:81 · 81/88
فَخَسَفْنَا بِهِۦ وَبِدَارِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ مِن فِئَةٍ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَ
Fakhasafna bihi wabidarihial-arda fama kana lahu min fi-atin yansuroonahumin dooni Allahi wama kana mina almuntasireen
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
We caused the earth to swallow him and his home: he had no one to help him against God, nor could he defend himself.
Marmaduke Pickthall
So We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling-place. Then he had no host to help him against Allah, nor was he of those who can save themselves.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then We caused the earth to swallow up him and his house; and he had not (the least little) party to help him against Allah, nor could he defend himself.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Then We made him and his home sink into the earth. So there was no group for him who could help him against Allah, nor was he one of those who could defend themselves.
Al-Hilali & Khan
So We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling place. Then he had no group or party to help him against Allâh, nor was he one of those who could save themselves.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
At last We caused the earth to swallow him and his house. Thereafter there was no group of people that could come to his aid against Allah; nor was he able to come to his own aid.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
And thereupon We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling; and he had none and nothing to succour him against God, nor was he of those who could succour themselves.
Rowwad · source edition
Then We caused the earth to swallow him and his house. There was no one to help him against Allah, nor was he able to help himself.
Noor International · source edition
(81) And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
81. So We caused the earth to swallow him[5] and his dwelling place. Then he had no group or party to help him against Allâh, nor was he one of those who could save themselves.
Notes
[5] (V.28:81) Chapter 5. Whoever drags his garment out of pride and arrogance (conceit). a) Narrated Abû Hurairahرضي الله عنه : Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Allâh will not look, on the Day of Resurrection, at a person who drags his Izâr* (behind him) out of pride and arrogance." [See the footnote of (V.22:9)] b) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم (or Abul-Qasim صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "While a man was walking, clad in a two-piece garment and proud of himself with his hair well-combed, suddenly Allâh made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection." c) Narrated ‘Abdullâh (bin ‘Umar رضي الله عنهما): Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, ‘While a man was dragging his Izâr* on the ground (behind him), suddenly Allâh made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.7, Hadith No.679, 680, 681). Izâr: Lower-half body-cover.