The Quran

سورة غَافر

Surah Ghâfir 40:52

Granter of Protection · Verse 52 of 85

يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ الظَّالِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوءُ الدَّارِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

The day when their apologies will not avail the wrongdoers and they shall have the disapproval of Allâh, and the evil abode will be their lot.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Day when no profit will it be to Wrong-doers to present their excuses, but they will (only) have the Curse and the Home of Misery.

Ahmed Ali

The day upon which their excuses will not benefit the evil-doers, and the condemnation and evil abode will be theirs.

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Ali Unal

The Day when their excuses will not avail the wrongdoers, and for them there is curse (they will be eternally excluded from God’s mercy), and for them there is the evil abode.

Daryabadi

A Day whereon their excuse will not Profit the wrong- doers; and theirs Will be the curse and theirs the evil Abode.

Faridul Haque

The day on which the unjust will not gain any benefit from their excuses, and for them is the curse, and for them is the wretched home.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

The day on which their excuse will not benefit the unjust, and for them is a curse and for them is the evil abode.

Maulvi Sher Ali

The day when their pleading will not profit the wrongdoers, and for them will be the curse and for them will be the evil abode.

Muhammad Asad

the Day when their excuses will be of no avail to the evildoers, seeing that their lot will be rejection from all that is good, and a woeful hereafter.

Muhammad Musin Khan

The Day when their excuses will be of no profit to Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah). Theirs will be the curse, and theirs will be the evil abode (i.e. painful torment in Hell-fire).

Muhammad Pickthall

The day when their excuse availeth not the evil-doers, and theirs is the curse, and theirs the ill abode.

Muhammad Sarwar

The excuses of the unjust will be of no benefit to them on that day. They will be condemned to live in a most terrible abode.

Muhammed ali Shakir

The day on which their excuse shall not benefit the unjust, and for them is curse and for them is the evil abode.

Rashad Khalifa

On that day, the apologies of the disbelievers will not benefit them. They have incurred condemnation; they have incurred the worst destiny.

Shabbir Ahmed

The Day their excuses will not avail the oppressors, and theirs will be a removal from Divine grace, and for them is but the home of misery.