سورة الفُرقان
Surah Al-Furqân 25:22
The Standard of Truth and Falsehood · Verse 22 of 77
يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًا مَحْجُورًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Do they not realize that) the day when they will see the angels there will be no good tidings that day for those who cut off their ties (with God), and they will say (in distress), `Would that there were some strong barrier (between us and this punishment).´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The Day they see the angels,- no joy will there be to the sinners that Day: The (angels) will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to you) altogether!
Ahmed Ali
The day they see the angels there will be no happy tidings for the sinners; and they will say: "There is an insurmountable barrier!"
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Ali Unal
The Day when they see the angels – there will be no good tidings on that Day for the disbelieving criminals, and they will cry out to the angels in fear: "Keep away, away from us!"
Daryabadi
The Day whereon they shall behold the angels on that day there will be nea joy for the culprits, and they will say: away! away!
Faridul Haque
The day when they will see the angels - that day will not be of any happiness for the guilty - and they will cry, “O God, erect a barrier between us and them!”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
On the day when they will see the angels, there will be no good news for the guilty, and they will say: Let there be a strong barrier!
Maulvi Sher Ali
On the day when they see the angels - there will be no good tidings on that day for the guilty; and they will cry in distress, `Would that there were a strong barrier !
Muhammad Asad
[Yet] on that Day - the Day on which they shall see the angels- there will be no glad tiding for those who were lost in sin; and they will exclaim, "By a forbidding ban [are we from God's grace debarred]!" -
Muhammad Musin Khan
On the Day they will see the angels, no glad tidings will there be for the Mujrimun (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) that day. And they (angels) will say: "All kinds of glad tidings are forbidden for you," [None will be allowed to enter Paradise except the one who said: La ilaha ill-Allah, "(none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and acted practically on its legal orders and obligations].
Muhammad Pickthall
On the day when they behold the angels, on that day there will be no good tidings for the guilty; and they will cry: A forbidding ban!
Muhammad Sarwar
On the day when the criminals see the angels, there will, certainly, be no rejoicing for them. Rather, they will plead to the angels, "Please keep away from us (do not drive us into hell)."
Muhammed ali Shakir
On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say: It is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.
Rashad Khalifa
The day they see the angels, it will not be good news for the guilty; they will say, "Now, we are irreversibly confined."
Shabbir Ahmed
Yet on that Day when they see the angels, it will not be a pleasant news for violators of human rights who used to thrive on others’ labor. They will exclaim, “Can there be a barrier between the angels and us?”