Surah Ya-Sin — Verse 8

Ya Sin · 36:8 · 8/83

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَـٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَـٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ

Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihimaghlalan fahiya ila al-athqani fahummuqmahoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

[It is as if] We had placed [iron] collars around their necks, right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up

Marmaduke Pickthall

Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We have placed iron collars on their necks, so they are reaching up to their chins, and their heads are forced to remain upwards.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Verily We have put on their necks iron collars reaching to the chins, so that their heads are raised up.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

We have put fetters around their necks which reach up to their chins so that they are standing with their heads upright,