سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:39

The Elevated Places · Verse 39 of 206

وَقَالَتْ أُولَاهُمْ لِأُخْرَاهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And the first of them, (- their leaders) will say to the last of them (- the followers), `(If we are to blame), you (too) are no better than we. Suffer therefore, the punishment of your (evil) deeds.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !

Ahmed Ali

Then the former will say to the latter: "You have no privilege over us. So taste the punishment for what you had done."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Then the preceding ones among them say to the succeeding ones: "You are in no wise superior to us, so taste the punishment for all (the sins) that you were busy earning (through your belief and deeds)!"

Daryabadi

And the first of them will say unto the last of them: ye have then no preference over us; taste then the torment for that which ye were wont to earn.

Faridul Haque

And the preceding groups will say to the latter, "So you too were no better than us, therefore taste the punishment for what you have done!"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the first of them will say to the last of them: You have no preference over us, so taste the chastisement for what you earned.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And the first of them will say to the last of them, `You have no superiority over us; taste, therefore, the punishment for all that you did.

Muhammad Asad

And the first of them will say unto the last of them: "So you were in no wise superior to us! Taste, then, this suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

The first of them will say to the last of them: "You were not better than us, so taste the torment for what you used to earn."

Muhammad Pickthall

And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn.

Muhammad Sarwar

The first will then say, "You are no better than us; suffer the torment as the result of your deeds.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the foremost of them will say to the last of them: So you have no preference over us; therefore taste the chastisement for what you earned.

Rashad Khalifa

The ancestral group will say to the later group, "Since you had an advantage over us, taste the retribution for your own sins."

Shabbir Ahmed

The first nation will say to the last, “You are not the least bit better than us. So taste the doom for what you earned.”