The Quran

سورة طٰه

Surah Tâ Hâ 20:111

Perfect Man! be at rest · Verse 111 of 135

وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ ۖ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And all persons shall humble themselves before the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining (God). And he who bears (the burden of) iniquity shall indeed fail in his objective.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back).

Ahmed Ali

All heads will be bowed before the Living, the Eternal; and whosoever bears a load of iniquity will be full of despair.

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Ali Unal

And (on that Day) all faces are humbled before the All-Living, the Self-Subsisting One (by Whom all else subsist). And assuredly he has failed whose load is wrongdoing.

Daryabadi

And downcast will be faces before the Living, the Self- subsisting, and disappointed will be he who beareth a wrong.

Faridul Haque

And all faces shall bow before the Living, the All Sustaining; and the one who bore the burden of injustice, has failed.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And faces shall be humbled before the Living, the Self-subsistent. And he who bears iniquity is indeed undone.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And all great leaders shall humble themselves before the Living, Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God. And HE indeed is undone who bears the burden of iniquity.

Muhammad Asad

And [on that Day] all faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All Being; and undone shall be he who bears [a burden of] evildoing -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And (all) faces shall be humbled before (Allah), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. And he who carried (a burden of) wrongdoing (i.e. he who disbelieved in Allah, ascribed partners to Him, and did deeds of His disobedience), became indeed a complete failure (on that Day).

Muhammad Pickthall

And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he who beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).

Muhammad Sarwar

Faces will be humble before the Everlasting and the Self-existing God. Despair will strike those who are loaded with the burden of injustice.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the faces shall be humbled before the Living, the Self-subsistent Allah, and he who bears iniquity is indeed a failure.

Rashad Khalifa

All faces will submit to the Living, the Eternal, and those who are burdened by their transgressions will fail.

Shabbir Ahmed

All faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Maintainer of the Universe. And the violators of human rights will be undone.