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سورة یُونس

Surah Yûnus 10:53

Jonah · Verse 53 of 109

وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ إِي وَرَبِّي إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They inquire of you (to inform them), `Is this (warning about punishment) certain to be true?´ Say, `Yes, by my Lord! it is most surely bound to be true. You cannot frustrate Him (in His purpose in order to avert it).´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They seek to be informed by thee: "Is that true?" Say: "Aye! by my Lord! it is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate it!

Ahmed Ali

Yet they want to be informed if it is true. Say: "By my Lord, it is the truth. You cannot invalidate it."

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Ali Unal

They ask you, "Is it true?" Say: "Yes, by my Lord, it is surely true; and you cannot evade it."

Daryabadi

And they ask thee to tell them if it be-true. Say thou: yeal by my Lord, It, Is the veary truth, and ye shall not be able to escape.

Faridul Haque

And they ask you "Is it a reality *?" Say, "Yes, by oath of my Lord, indeed surely it is a reality, and you will not be able to escape." (* The punishment of the hereafter.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they ask thee: Is that true? Say: Aye, by my Lord! it is surely the Truth, and you will not escape.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they ask thee to tell them whether it is true? Say, `Yea, by my Lord ! it is most surely true; and you cannot frustrate it.'

Muhammad Asad

And some people ask thee, "Is all this true?" Say: "Yea, by my Sustainer! It is most certainly true, and you cannot elude [the final reckoning]!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

And they ask you (O Muhammad SAW) to inform them (saying): "Is it true (i.e. the torment and the establishment of the Hour; - the Day of Resurrection)?" Say: "Yes! By my Lord! It is the very truth! and you cannot escape from it!"

Muhammad Pickthall

And they ask thee to inform them (saying): Is it true? Say: Yea, by my Lord, verily it is true, and ye cannot escape.

Muhammad Sarwar

They ask you, "Is that (punishment) true?" Tell them, "It certainly is. I swear by my Lord. You can not escape from (God's retribution)".

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they ask you: Is that true? Say: Aye! by my Lord! it is most surely the truth, and you will not escape.

Rashad Khalifa

They challenge you to prophesy: "Is this really what will happen?" Say, "Yes indeed, by my Lord, this is the truth, and you can never escape."

Shabbir Ahmed

They keep asking you (O Prophet), "Is it really true?” Say, “Yes, by my Lord, it is true, indeed. And you cannot defy His laws.”