The Quran

سورة الحِجر

Surah Al-Hijr 15:8

The Rock · Verse 8 of 99

مَا نُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوا إِذًا مُنْظَرِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

We send no angels until (the punishment becomes) rightly due and (when once We do send them) these (disbelievers) will not be the respited ones.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!

Ahmed Ali

But then We never send the angels down save with the purpose (of enforcing their doom), after which they will not be given more respite.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

We do not send down the angels save with the truth (for a just reason and with wisdom, not to satisfy vain caprice or curiosity, and once the angels are sent down, the matter is decided, and) then they are allowed no (further) respite.

Daryabadi

We send not the angels down save with judgment, and then they would not be respited.

Faridul Haque

We do not send down angels without reason, and if the angels descend they would not get any respite!

Maulana Muhammad Ali

We send not angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.

Maulvi Sher Ali

WE do not send down angels but with the requirements of justice, and when WE do send them, the disbelievers are not respited.

Muhammad Asad

[Yet] We never send down angels otherwise than in accordance with the [demands of] truth; and [were the angels to appear now,] lo! they [who reject this divine writ] would have no further respite!

Muhammad Musin Khan

We send not the angels down except with the truth (i.e. for torment, etc.), and in that case, they (the disbelievers) would have no respite!

Muhammad Pickthall

We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated.

Muhammad Sarwar

We do not send down angels except for a genuine purpose, at which time none will be given any further respite.

Muhammed ali Shakir

We do not send the angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.

Rashad Khalifa

We do not send down the angels except for specific functions. Otherwise, no one will be respited.

Shabbir Ahmed

We do not send down the angels except when the period of respite is over. And in that case the rejecters get no further reprieve.