The Quran

سورة هُود

Surah Hûd 11:65

Hûd · Verse 65 of 123

فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا فِي دَارِكُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

But they hamstrung her, so that he (- Sâlih) said, `You shall enjoy the provision of Allâh in your worldly abodes only for (another) three days. This is a promise which will never prove false.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But they did ham-string her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): (Behold) there a promise not to be belied!

Ahmed Ali

But they hamstrung her. Then (Saleh) said: "You have but three days to enjoy life in your homes. Infallible is this promise.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

But (unable to bear to see her as an evidence of the truth of Salih’s message) they cruelly slaughtered her. Then he (Salih) said: "Enjoy the life in your habitations three days more, (then will be your ruin). This is a threat that will not be proved false."

Daryabadi

Yet they hamstrang her. Then he said: enjoy yourselves in your dwellings three days: that is a promise, not to be falsified.

Faridul Haque

In response they hamstrung her, he therefore said, "Enjoy a further three days in your homes; this is a promise that will not be untrue."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But they hamstrung her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in your houses for three days. That is a promise not to be belied.

Maulvi Sher Ali

But they hamstrung her; then he said, `Enjoy yourselves in your houses for three days. This is a promise which will not be belied.

Muhammad Asad

But they cruelly slaughtered her. And thereupon [Salih] said: "[Only] for three days [more] shall you enjoy life in your homes: this is a judgment which will not be belied!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

But they killed her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a promise (i.e. a threat) that will not be belied."

Muhammad Pickthall

But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.

Muhammad Sarwar

When they slew the she-camel, Salih told them, "You have only three days to enjoy living in your homes (before you will be struck by the torment). This is an inevitable prophecy."

Muhammed ali Shakir

But they slew her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in your abode for three days, that is a promise not to be belied.

Rashad Khalifa

They slaughtered her. He then said, "You have only three days to live. This is a prophecy that is inevitable."

Shabbir Ahmed

But they hamstrung her. Thereupon he said to his people, “Only for three more days shall you enjoy life in your homes. This is a promise that cannot be false.”