The Quran

سورة العَنکبوت

Surah Al-‘Ankabût 29:55

The Spider · Verse 55 of 69

يَوْمَ يَغْشَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(It shall be) the day when the punishment will overwhelm them from above their heads and (will come upon them) from below their feet. And He will say, `Suffer the consequences of your (evil) deeds.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste ye (the fruits) of your deeds!

Ahmed Ali

The day the punishment comes upon them from above and underneath their feet, (God will) say: "And now taste of what you had done."

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Ali Unal

On that Day the suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, and (God) will say to them: "Taste now what you used to do (in the world)!"

Daryabadi

On the Day whereon the torment shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He shall say: taste that which ye have been working!

Faridul Haque

The day when the punishment will envelop them from above them and from below their feet, and He will say, “Taste the flavour of your deeds!”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day when the chastisement will cover them for above them, and from beneath their feet! And he will say: Taste what you did.

Maulvi Sher Ali

On the day when the punishment will overwhelm them from above them and from underneath their feet, and HE will say, `Taste ye the fruit of your actions.'

Muhammad Asad

[encompass them] on the Day when suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet whereupon He shall say: "Taste [now the fruit of] your own doings!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

On the Day when the torment (Hell-fire) shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do."

Muhammad Pickthall

On the day when the doom will overwhelm them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He will say: Taste what ye used to do!

Muhammad Sarwar

They will be told on the Day of Judgment, when the torment will surround them from all sides, "Suffer the consequences of your deeds."

Muhammed ali Shakir

On the day when the chastisement shall cover them from above them, and from beneath their feet; and He shall say: Taste what you did.

Rashad Khalifa

The day will come when the retribution overwhelms them, from above them and from beneath their feet; He will say, "Taste the consequences of your works."

Shabbir Ahmed

The Day will come when suffering overwhelms them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say, “Taste now the fruit of your own doings!”