The Quran

سورة الطُّور

Surah Al-Tûr 52:30

The Mount · Verse 30 of 49

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيْبَ الْمَنُونِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Yet they say (about you), `(He is only) a poet, (and) we await the vicissitudes, which time will bring upon him.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by Time!î

Ahmed Ali

Do they say: "He is a poet for whom we expect an adverse turn of fortune?"

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Ali Unal

Or do they say (of him): "A poet (jinn-possessed). We await for him some calamity ahead"?

Daryabadi

Or say they: a poet for whom we wait some adverse turn of fortune!

Faridul Haque

Or they allege, “He is a poet – we await a calamity of the times to befall him.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or they say: A poet -- we wait for him the evil accidents of time.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Do they say `He is a poet; we are waiting for some calamity which time will bring upon him?'

Muhammad Asad

Or do they say, "[He is but] a poet - let us await what time will do unto him"?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Or do they say: "(Muhammad SAW is) a poet! We await for him some calamity by time.!"

Muhammad Pickthall

Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?

Muhammad Sarwar

Do they say, "He is only a poet and we are waiting to see him die!?".

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or do they say: A poet, we wait for him the evil accidents of time.

Rashad Khalifa

They may say, "He is a poet; let us just wait until he is dead."

Shabbir Ahmed

What! Do they say, "A poet! Let us wait for some calamity to befall him in time!”