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26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 202

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فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَۙ

Faya/tiyahum baghtatan wahum layashAAuroon

It will come upon them suddenly when they are not expecting it.

  • Progressive Muslims

    So it will come to them suddenly, while they do not perceive it.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The Requital will come upon them suddenly, when they least expect it.

  • Sam Gerrans

    “And it will come upon them unexpectedly, when they perceive not,”

  • The Monotheist Group

    So it will come to them suddenly, while they do not perceive it.

  • Edip-Layth

    So it will come to them suddenly, while they do not perceive it.

  • Aisha Bewley

    It will come upon them suddenly when they are not expecting it.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    It will come to them suddenly, when they least expect it.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    It will come upon them unawares, and they will not comprehend it.

  • Sahih International

    And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

  • Muhammad Asad

    that will come upon them [on resurrection, ] all of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach];

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    A punishment that surprises them and catches them unawares and reduces them to ruin.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    when they least expect it.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    It shall come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they perceive it not;

  • Mustafa Khattab

    which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and it will come to them suddenly while they will not be anticipating (it),

  • Abdul Haleem

    which will suddenly hit them when they are not expecting it,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are not aware,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and it shall come to them suddenly while they do not perceive!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    But they will not believe therein until they see the painful doom.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    So that it will come up to them suddenly, and they are not aware.

  • George Sale

    It shall come suddenly upon them, and they shall not foresee it:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    But the (penalty) will come to them swiftly, when they are not aware of it;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    So this (punishment) will come upon them all of a sudden (taking them unaware), while they do not perceive (and calculate it).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    It will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware.