سورة الاٴحزَاب
Surah Al-Ahzâb 33:8
The Confederates · Verse 8 of 73
لِيَسْأَلَ الصَّادِقِينَ عَنْ صِدْقِهِمْ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
(The Lord did it) so that He may let the truthful give expression to their truthfulness (-whether they were true to their covenant). And (whereas He will reward the true believers); He has in store a woeful punishment for the disbelievers.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That (Allah) may question the (custodians) of Truth concerning the Truth they (were charged with): And He has prepared for the Unbelievers a grievous Penalty.
Ahmed Ali
(It was) so that God may ask the truthful of their sincerity. As for the infidels, He has prepared a painful punishment for them.
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Ali Unal
So that He may question the truthful concerning their truthfulness (and all that which was entrusted to them); and He has prepared a painful punishment for the unbelievers.
Daryabadi
That he may question the truthful of their truth. And for the Infidels He hath gotten ready a torment afflictive.
Faridul Haque
So that He may question the truthful regarding their truth; and He has kept prepared a painful punishment for the disbelievers.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
That He may question the truthful of their truth, and He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful chastisement.
Maulvi Sher Ali
That ALLAH may question the truthful about their truthfulness. And for the disbelievers HE has prepared a painful punishment.
Muhammad Asad
so that [at the end of time] He might ask those men of truth as to [what response] their truthfulness [had received on earth]. And grievous suffering has He readied for all who deny the truth!
Muhammad Musin Khan
That He may ask the truthfuls (Allah's Messengers and His Prophets) about their truth (i.e. the conveyance of Allah's Message that which they were charged with). And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful torment (Hell-fire).
Muhammad Pickthall
That He may ask the loyal of their loyalty. And He hath prepared a painful doom for the unfaithful.
Muhammad Sarwar
This was a firm agreement. God will ask the truthful ones about their truthfulness and prepare a painful torment for the disbelievers.
Muhammed ali Shakir
That He may question the truthful of their truth, and He has prepared for the unbelievers a painful punishment.
Rashad Khalifa
Subsequently, He will surely question the truthful about their truthfulness, and has prepared for the disbelievers (in this Quranic fact) a painful retribution.
Shabbir Ahmed
That God may ask the truthful about their truthfulness (how people received it). And He has readied an awful suffering for the deniers of the truth.