The Quran

سورة سَبَإ

Surah Saba’ 34:51

Sheba · Verse 51 of 54

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ فَزِعُوا فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And (you will be simply astonished) if you could only see when these (disbelievers) will be in the grip of fear; but then there will be no escape and they will be seized (with punishment) at a place nearby (- at Badr).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a position (quite) near.

Ahmed Ali

If you could see when they are gripped by terror without any escape, and are seized from close at hand

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Ali Unal

If you could but see when they quake with dread (of death), with no escape, and are seized from a position very near.

Daryabadi

And couldst thou see the time when they shall be terrified! Then there shall be no escaping, and they shall be laid hold of from a place quite nigh.

Faridul Haque

And if only you see, when they will be forced into a terror from which they will be unable to escape, and are seized from a place nearby. (Wherever they go, they are never far).

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And couldst thou see when they become terrified, but (then) there will be no escape and they will be seized from a near place;

Maulvi Sher Ali

Couldst thou but see when they will be smitten with fear? Then there will be no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

Muhammad Asad

IF THOU couldst but see [how the deniers of the truth will fare on Resurrection Day,] when they will shrink in terror, with nowhere to escape since they will have been seized from so close nearby -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if you could but see, when they will be terrified with no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a near place.

Muhammad Pickthall

Couldst thou but see when they are terrified with no escape, and are seized from near at hand,

Muhammad Sarwar

Would that you could see how the unbelievers will be terrified by death from which they cannot escape. They will be seized from a nearby place

Muhammed ali Shakir

And could you see when they shall become terrified, but (then) there shall be no escape and they shall be seized upon from a near place

Rashad Khalifa

If you could only see them when the great terror strikes them; they cannot escape then, and they will be taken away forcibly.

Shabbir Ahmed

If you could but see when they will quake with terror. But there will be no escape and they will soon be seized.