Surah Yunus — Verse 51
Jonah · 10:51 · 51/109
أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦٓ ۚ ءَآلْـَٔـٰنَ وَقَدْ كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ
Athumma itha ma waqaAAa amantumbihi al-ana waqad kuntum bihi tastaAAjiloon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Will you believe in it, when it actually happens?’ It will be said, ‘Now [you believe], when [before] you sought to hasten it?’
Marmaduke Pickthall
Is it (only) then, when it hath befallen you, that ye will believe? What! (Believe) now, when (until now) ye have been hastening it on (through disbelief)?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh to pass? (It will then be said): 'Ah! now? and ye wanted (aforetime) to hasten it on!'
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Is it only when it befalls you that you will believe in it? (It will be said to you at that time, “Have you believed) now, while you used to demand (in mockery) that it should come sooner?”
Al-Hilali & Khan
Is it then that when it has actually befallen, you will believe in it? What! Now (you believe)? And you used (aforetime) to hasten it on!"
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Is it only when this chastisement has actually overtaken you that you will believe in it? (And when the chastisement will surprise you), you will try to get away from it, although it is you who had sought to hasten its coming.'
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
Will you, then, believe in it [only] after it has come to pass -[on the Day when you will be asked, `Do you believe in it] now, after having [contemptuously] called for its speedy advent?'
Rowwad · source edition
Will you believe in it only after it befalls you[44]? Now! While you used to seek its hastening[45]?”
Notes
[44] i.e., it is too late to benefit from belief. [45] Challenging those who sought to bring it immediately.
Noor International · source edition
(51) Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now?[528] And you were [once] for it impatient.[529]
Notes
[528]- i.e., when it is too late to benefit from belief. [529]- Challenging those who warned of it to bring it on immediately.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
51. Is it then that when it has actually befallen, you will believe in it? What! Now (you believe)? And you used (aforetime) to hasten it on!"