The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:173

The Poets · Verse 173 of 227

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And We pelted them with a terrible rain (of stones). Look! how terrible was the rain (that descended) upon those who were warned.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

Ahmed Ali

And rained on them a shower (of Stones). How terrible was the rain (that fell) on those who had been warned!

12 more translations

Ali Unal

We poured upon them a (destructive) rain (of stones). How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!

Daryabadi

And We rained on them a rain. So ill was the rain on those warned?

Faridul Haque

And We showered a rain upon them; so what a wretched rain for those who were warned!

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And We rained on them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE rained upon them a rain; and evil was the rain that descended upon those who were warned.

Muhammad Asad

and rained down upon them a rain [of destruction] and dire is such rain upon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!

Muhammad Musin Khan

And We rained on them a rain (of torment). And how evil was the rain of those who had been warned.

Muhammad Pickthall

And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.

Muhammad Sarwar

by pouring upon them a terrible shower of rain. How evil was the rain for those who had been warned!

Muhammed ali Shakir

And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned.

Rashad Khalifa

We showered them with a miserable shower; what a terrible shower for those who had been warned!

Shabbir Ahmed

And We poured a rain, the dreadful rain (from the volcano) on all those who had been warned.