The Quran

سورة المؤمنون

Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:40

The Believers · Verse 40 of 118

قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(The Lord) said, `They shall be remorseful before long (when caught by some punishment).´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Allah) said: "In but a little while, they are sure to be sorry!

Ahmed Ali

Answered (the Lord): "They shall wake up repenting soon."

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Ali Unal

(God) said: "In a little while, they are sure to be regretful."

Daryabadi

Allah said: after a little while they will become regretful.

Faridul Haque

Said Allah, "They will soon wake up at morn, regretting."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: In a little while they will certainly be repenting.

Maulvi Sher Ali

ALLAH said, `In a little while they will, surely, become repentant.'

Muhammad Asad

[And God) would say: "After a little while they will surely be smitten with remorse!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

(Allah) said: "In a little while, they are sure to be regretful."

Muhammad Pickthall

He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant.

Muhammad Sarwar

God replied, "After a very short time they will certainly regret for their deeds."

Muhammed ali Shakir

He said: In a little while they will most certainly be repenting.

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "Soon they will be sorry."

Shabbir Ahmed

(And God) would say, "In a little while they will be sorry!"