36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 45
وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوا مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittaqoo mabayna aydeekum wama khalfakum laAAallakum turhamoon
They are told, ‘Have taqwa of what is before you and behind you so that hopefully you will have mercy shown to you. ’
- Progressive Muslims
And when they are told: "Be aware of your present and your past, that you may attain mercy. "
- Shabbir Ahmed
And yet, when it is said to them, "Walk aright learning from every yesterday, so that you may build a future worthy of Grace,"
- Sam Gerrans
But when it is said to them: “Be in prudent fear of what is before you, and what is behind you, that you might obtain mercy[...].”
- The Monotheist Group
And when they are told: "Be aware of your present and your past, that you may attain mercy."
- Edip-Layth
When they are told: "Be aware of your present and your past, that you may attain mercy."
- Aisha Bewley
They are told, ‘Have taqwa of what is before you and behind you so that hopefully you will have mercy shown to you. ’
- Rashad Khalifa
Yet, when they are told, "Learn from your past, to work righteousness for your future, that you may attain mercy,"
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
When it is said to them: "Beware of what is before you and what is past, that you may be treated with kindness;"
- Sahih International
But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy. .. "
- Muhammad Asad
And [yet, ] when they are told, "Beware of [God’s insight into] all that lies open before you and all that is hidden from you, so that you might be graced with His mercy," [most men choose to remain deaf;]
- Marmaduke Pickthall
When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And when they are told: "Fear for your irreverence to Allah and regard with fear the retributive punishment which you might encounter here. Fear also what awaits you Hereafter which is indeed grievous and really severe so that you might hopefully be recipients of Allah’s mercy".
- Bijan Moeinian
When the disbelievers are told: "Be mindful of what is awaiting you and what deeds you have left behind" [they do not care. ]
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And when it is said to them: "Fear of that which is before you (worldly torments), and that which is behind you (torments in the Hereafter), in order that you may receive Mercy (i.e. if you believe in Allâh’s religion - Islâmic Monotheism, and avoid polytheism, and obey Allâh with righteous deeds)."
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn back).
- Mustafa Khattab
˹Still they turn away˺ when it is said to them, "Beware of what is ahead of you ˹in the Hereafter˺ and what is behind you ˹of destroyed nations˺ so you may be shown mercy."
- Taqi Usmani
And (they pay no heed) when it is said to them, "Save yourselves from that (punishment) which is before you (in this world) and that which will come after you (die), so that you may receive mercy".
- Abdul Haleem
Yet when they are told, ‘Beware of what lies before and behind you, so that you may be given mercy,’
- Arthur John Arberry
And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply you will find mercy' --
- E. Henry Palmer
And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you, haply ye may obtain mercy;'
- Hamid S. Aziz
And when it is said to them, "Guard against what is before you and what is behind you, that per chance (or possibly) you may find mercy. ... (they are heedless)
- Mahmoud Ghali
And when it is said to them, "Be pious as regards what is before you (Literally: between your hands) and what is behind you, that possibly you would be granted mercy. "
- George Sale
When it is said unto them, fear that which is before you, and that which is behind you, that ye may obtain mercy; they withdraw from thee:
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
And when it is said to them: "You fear that which has happened before you, and that which will come after you, so that you may (also) receive (Allah's) Mercy," (then they do not listen and go away).
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And when it is said to them, `Guard yourself against that (punishment) which is (impending) before you and that which is behind you (and may befall you as a consequence of your evil past) so that you may be shown mercy (they turn away). '
- Ali Quli Qarai
And when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, so that you may receive [His] mercy. ’