The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:14

The Prophets · Verse 14 of 112

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `Woe to us! we were indeed wrong-doers.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!"

Ahmed Ali

"Woe, alas," they said, "we were really sinful."

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Ali Unal

They could only cry: "Oh, woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers!"

Daryabadi

They said: woe unto us! verily we have been wrong-doers.

Faridul Haque

They cried, "Woe to us, we were indeed unjust!"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

They said: O woe to us! Surely we were unjust.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They said, `Alas for us, we were indeed wrongdoers !'

Muhammad Asad

And they could only cry "Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we were wrongdoers!" (

Muhammad Musin Khan

They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly! We have been Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, etc.)."

Muhammad Pickthall

They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers.

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "Woe to us! We have been unjust".

Muhammed ali Shakir

They said: O woe to us! surely we were unjust.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Woe to us. We were really wicked."

Shabbir Ahmed

They said, “Ah, woe to us! We did wrong others and ourselves.”