سورة یسٓ
Surah Yâ Sîn 36:65
O Perfect Man! · Verse 65 of 83
الْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
On that day We shall seal the mouths of these (disbelievers). Their hands will speak to Us (about the actions they wrought), and their feet shall bear witness to all their (sinful) doings.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.
Ahmed Ali
We shall seal their lips that day; and their hands will speak, their feet testify to what they had done.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
That Day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to what they earned (in the world).
Daryabadi
To-day We shall seal upon their mouths, and their hands will speak Unto us, and their feet will bear witness of that which they have been earning.
Faridul Haque
This day We will set a seal on their mouths, and their hands will speak out to Us and their feet will bear witness to their deeds.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
That day We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness as to what they earned.
Maulvi Sher Ali
This day we shall put a seal on their mouths, and their hands will speak to US, and their feet will bear witness to what they had earned.
Muhammad Asad
On that Day We shall set a seal on their mouths - but their hands will speak unto Us, and their feet will bear witness to whatever they have earned [in life].
Muhammad Musin Khan
This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn. (It is said that one's left thigh will be the first to bear the witness).
Muhammad Pickthall
This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.
Muhammad Sarwar
We shall seal your mouths on that Day, let your hands speak to us and your feet testify to what you had achieved.
Muhammed ali Shakir
On that day We will set a seal upon their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned.
Rashad Khalifa
On that day we will seal their mouths; their hands and feet will bear witness to everything they had done.
Shabbir Ahmed
This Day We seal their mouths, but their hands speak to Us, and their feet bear witness to what they earned.
Commentary 36:65 “The hands shall speak and the feet shall bear witness” points again to the deeds we have done. Students of medicine know that the appearance of, or…
الْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
36:65 “The hands shall speak and the feet shall bear witness” points again to the deeds we have done. Students of medicine know that the appearance of, or movements of the hands can be used to diagnose some diseases, while a persons gait points to others and a similar concept is alluded to here. In the preceding verse, the disbelievers were addressed directly, in this verse they are mentioned in the third person in order to show their identification. This is an allusion to the Divine Law of the conservation of deeds and thoughts, good or bad.