Surah Al-Qiyamah — Verse 29

The Resurrection · 75:29 · 29/40

وَٱلْتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ

Waltaffati assaqu bilssaq

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And the leg is wound about the leg,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

when his legs are brought together:

Marmaduke Pickthall

And agony is heaped on agony;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And one leg will be joined with another:

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and one shank is intertwined with the other shank,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and calf is inter-twined with calf.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and is enwrapped in the pangs of death

Rowwad · source edition

when legs are brought together [in a shroud][9];

Notes

[9] The difficulties the person faces while leaving this world and moving on to the Hereafter; or the people arrange for the departure of his body, while angels arrange for the departure of his soul.

Noor International · source edition

(29) And the leg is wound about the leg,[1807]

Notes

[1807]- From the difficulties the person faces at death or his sudden awareness of the realities of both this world and the Hereafter. It may also refer to his shrouding after death.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

29. And one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded).[3]

Notes

[3] (V.75:29) Or it may mean: hardship and distress will be joined with another hardship and distress (i.e. distress of death, and of the thought as to what is going to happen to him in the Hereafter). (Tafsîr At-Tabarî ).