The Quran

سورة القَلَم

Surah Al-Qalam 68:31

The Pen · Verse 31 of 52

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

They said, `O Woe to us! we have been, indeed, transgressors.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!

Ahmed Ali

Saying: "Alas the woe, we were iniquitous.

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Ali Unal

They said: "Oh, woe to us! We were habituated to arrogance and rebellion.

Daryabadi

They said: woe Unto us! verily we! we have been arrogant.

Faridul Haque

They said, “Woe to us - we were indeed rebellious.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Said they: O woe to us! Surely we were inordinate --

Maulvi Sher Ali

They said, `Woe to us ! We were indeed, rebellious,

Muhammad Asad

[In the end] they said: "Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we did behave outrageously!

Muhammad Musin Khan

They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were Taghun (transgressors and disobedient, etc.)

Muhammad Pickthall

They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "Woe to us. We have been arrogant.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Woe to us. We sinned.

Shabbir Ahmed

They said, "Sorry for us! We have rebelled (against our own ‘self’)."