سورة یسٓ
Surah Yâ Sîn 36:18
O Perfect Man! · Verse 18 of 83
قَالُوا إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمْ مِنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
They (- the people of the town) said, `We augur ill from you (for we are always seize with one calamity or the other after your advent). If you do not give it (- your preaching) over we will certainly excommunicate you and a painful punishment shall befall you at our hands.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The (people) said: "for us, we augur an evil omen from you: if ye desist not, we will certainly stone you. And a grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us.
Ahmed Ali
They rejoined: "We feel you augur ill. If you do not desist, we shall stone you to death, and inflict a grievous punishment on you."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
They said: "We augur ill of you. If you do not desist, we will most certainly stone you, and a painful punishment will most certainly afflict you at our hands."
Daryabadi
They said: verily we augur ill of you ; if ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and there will befall you from us a torment afflictive.
Faridul Haque
They (the people of the city) said, “We think you are ominous; indeed, if you do not desist, we shall surely stone you to death, and you will surely face a grievous torture at our hands.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Surely we augur evil from you. If you desist not, we will surely stone you, and a painful chastisement from us will certainly afflict you.
Maulvi Sher Ali
The disbelievers said, `Surely, we augur evil fortune from you; if you desist not, we will, certainly, stone you, and a painful punishment will, surely, befall you at our hands.'
Muhammad Asad
Said [the others]: "Truly, we augur evil from you! Indeed, if you desist not, we will surely stone you, and grievous suffering is bound to befall you at our hands!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
They (people) said: "For us, we see an evil omen from you, if you cease not, we will surely stone you, and a painful torment will touch you from us."
Muhammad Pickthall
(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands.
Muhammad Sarwar
The people said, "We have ill omens about you. If you will not desist, we shall stone you and make you suffer a painful torment".
Muhammed ali Shakir
They said: Surely we augur evil from you; if you do not desist, we will certainly stone you, and there shall certainly afflict vou a painful chastisement from us.
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "We consider you bad omens. Unless you refrain, we will surely stone you, or afflict you with painful retribution."
Shabbir Ahmed
The people said, "We consider you bad omens. If you do not desist, we will stone you, and grievous punishment will befall you at our hands."
Commentary 36:18 The disbelievers said to all these three Prophets, “We augur ill from you, for we are always seized with one calamity or the other after your advent.”…
قَالُوا إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَاب أَلِيمٌ
36:18 The disbelievers said to all these three Prophets, “We augur ill from you, for we are always seized with one calamity or the other after your advent.” Whenever a Prophet is raised among the people, they are visited by punishments and calamities like diseases, famine, wars, persecution, and loss of their power (cf. 7:94; 6:42). These calamities serve a Divine Purpose (cf. 94:6). People always receive a warning through the Prophets before they are taken to account by punishment. The fate of Pharaoh, the influential Jews of the time of Jesus, and the fall of Makkah are the respective historical examples.