Surah As-Saffat — Verse 8

Those who set the Ranks · 37:8 · 8/182

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

La yassammaAAoona ila almala-ial-aAAla wayuqthafoona min kulli janib

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side,

Marmaduke Pickthall

They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They cannot listen to the Upper Realm and are hit from every side

Al-Hilali & Khan

They cannot listen to the higher group (angels) for they are pelted from every side.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

These satans cannot listen to what transpires in the High Council for they are pelted away from every side

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[so that] they [who seek to learn the unknowable] should not be able to overhear the host on high, but shall be repelled from all sides,

Rowwad · source edition

so that they cannot eavesdrop on the highest assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side[2]

Notes

[2] By meteors.