The Quran

سورة الشّوریٰ

Surah Al-Shûrâ 42:34

The Council · Verse 34 of 53

أَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا وَيَعْفُ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Or He (if He so will) can also destroy (the occupants of) these ships making them too heavy because of the (sinful) deeds they have committed; while He has pardoned a great many (of their sins and could save them).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or He can cause them to perish because of the (evil) which (the men) have earned; but much doth He forgive.

Ahmed Ali

Or He could wreck them for what they have done; yet there is much that He pardons.

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Ali Unal

Or He causes them (the ships) to sink because of what they (the travelers) have earned; and yet He overlooks many (of their wrongs).

Daryabadi

Or He may destroy them because of that which they have earned, and He may pardon many of them.

Faridul Haque

Or He can ruin them due to peoples’ sins and He can forgive a great deal.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or He causes them to perish for what they have earned, and He pardons much;

Maulvi Sher Ali

Or HE can destroy those who are in them because of that which they have earned - but HE forgives many of their sins -

Muhammad Asad

or else He may cause them to perish because of what they have wrought; and [withal,] He pardons much.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Or He may destroy them (by drowning) because of that which their (people) have earned. And He pardons much.

Muhammad Pickthall

Or He causeth them to perish on account of that which they have earned - And He forgiveth much -

Muhammad Sarwar

or He could have destroyed them as punishment for the human being's deeds. However, God pardons many sins.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or He may make them founder for what they have earned, and (even then) pardon most;

Rashad Khalifa

He can annihilate them, as a consequence of their own works. Instead, He overlooks many (of their sins).

Shabbir Ahmed

Or that He may cause them to perish as a consequence of their deeds, but He forgives a great deal.