Surah Ya-Sin — Verse 45

Ya Sin · 36:45 · 45/83

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittaqoo mabayna aydeekum wama khalfakum laAAallakum turhamoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy..."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Yet when they are told, ‘Beware of what lies before and behind you, so that you may be given mercy,’

Marmaduke Pickthall

When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn back).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And (they pay no heed) when it is said to them, “Save yourselves from that (punishment) which is before you (in this world) and that which will come after you (die), so that you may receive mercy”.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And when it is said to them: "Fear of that which is before you (worldly torments), and that which is behind you (torments in the Hereafter), in order that you may receive Mercy (i.e. if you believe in Allâh’s religion - Islâmic Monotheism, and avoid polytheism, and obey Allâh with righteous deeds)."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

When it is said to such people: “Guard yourselves against what is ahead of you and what has preceded you that mercy be shown to you” (they pay scant heed to it).