Surah Ar-Rum — Verse 55
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وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْفَكُونَ
Wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyuqsimu almujrimoona ma labithoo ghayra saAAatin kathalikakanoo yu'fakoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
On the Day the Hour comes, the guilty will swear they lingered no more than an hour- they have always been deluded-
Marmaduke Pickthall
And on the day when the Hour riseth the guilty will vow that they did tarry but an hour - thus were they ever deceived.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
On the Day that the Hour (of Reckoning) will be established, the transgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were they used to being deluded!
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And on the Day when the Hour (Qiyāmah : the Day of Judgement) will take place, the sinners will swear that they did not remain (in the graves) more than one hour. In the similar way they used to be contrary (to truth in their worldly life).
Al-Hilali & Khan
And on the Day that the Hour will be established, the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners) will swear that they stayed not but an hour - thus were they ever deluded [away from the truth (i.e. they used to tell lies and take false oaths, and turn away from the truth) in this life of the world)]
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
On that Day when the Hour will come to pass the wicked shall swear that they had stayed (in the world) no more than an hour. Thus they used to be deceived in the life of the world.