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سورة یُونس

Surah Yûnus 10:51

Jonah · Verse 51 of 109

أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ ۚ آلْآنَ وَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`Will you then believe in it when this (punishment) has (actually) befallen (you)? (It will be useless then and you will be told), "Now (you believe!) whereas you were keen on hastening it on before the appointed time".´

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!'

Ahmed Ali

Will you believe it when it comes to pass? Indeed, you will believe it then. How impatient you were to hasten it!

12 more translations

Ali Unal

What! Is it only when it has come to pass that you will believe in it? (That day it will be said to you:) "What? (Do you believe in it) now, after you had (in your contemptuous unbelief) wished it to be hastened?"

Daryabadi

Is It, then, when it hath befallen, that ye will believe therein Now?- whereas ye have surely been hastening it On.

Faridul Haque

"So will you believe it only when it has occurred? What! You believe in it now, whereas you were impatient * for it before? (* Eagerly demanding for it to occur.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when it comes to pass, will you believe in it? What! now! and you hastened it on.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`Is it then when it has overtaken you that you will believe in it? What ! you believe now ! And before this you used to demand its speedy coming?

Muhammad Asad

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?'

Muhammad Musin Khan

Is it then, that when it has actually befallen, that you will believe in it? What! Now (you believe)? And you used (aforetime) to hasten it on!"

Muhammad 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)?

Muhammad Sarwar

Besides, if He was to send them the punishment which they want to quickly experience, would they then have faith?

Muhammed ali Shakir

And when it comes to pass, will you believe in it? What! now (you believe), and already you wished to have it hastened on.

Rashad Khalifa

If it does happen, will you believe then? Why should you believe then? You used to challenge it to come?

Shabbir Ahmed

“Would you then profess belief in it at last, when it comes to pass! Ah! Now? And you wanted to hasten it on.” (But the period of respite has been over.)