Surah Az-Zukhruf — Verse 53

The Ornaments of Gold · 43:53 · 53/89

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ

Falawla olqiya AAalayhi aswiratun minthahabin aw jaa maAAahu almala-ikatumuqtarineen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Why has he not been given any gold bracelets? Why have no angels come to accompany him?’

Marmaduke Pickthall

Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why) come (not) with him angels accompanying him in procession?"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So why were the bracelets of gold not sent down to him, or (why) did the angels not come along with him as companions?”

Al-Hilali & Khan

"Why then are not golden bracelets bestowed on him, or angels sent along with him?"

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Why were bracelets of gold not bestowed upon him? Why did a retinue of angels not accompany him as attendants?”

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

“And then - why have no golden armlets been bestowed on him? or why have no angels come together with him?”

Rowwad · source edition

Then why are there not sent down upon him bracelets of gold or come with him angels to support him?”