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78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 21

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اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَاداًۙ

Inna jahannama kanat mirsada

Hell lies in wait –

  • Progressive Muslims

    For Hell is in wait.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Behold, Hell lurks in ambush.

  • Sam Gerrans

    Gehenna will be lying in wait,

  • The Monotheist Group

    For Hell is in wait.

  • Edip-Layth

    For hell is in wait.

  • Aisha Bewley

    Hell lies in wait –

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Gehenna is inevitable.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Certainly Hell lies in wait,

  • Sahih International

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

  • Muhammad Asad

    [On that Day, ] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    There and then hell is made to lie in wait.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The Hell then will be waiting impatiently.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Truly, Hell is a place of ambush -

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Indeed, Hell is lying in ambush

  • Taqi Usmani

    Surely Jahannam (the Hell) lurks in ambush.

  • Abdul Haleem

    Hell lies in wait,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Verily, hell is an ambuscade;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Surely hell lies in ambush,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Surely Hell has been observing, (i. e., in expectation of the criminals).

  • George Sale

    verily hell shall be a place of ambush,

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Truly, Hell is like a place of ambush—

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Surely, only Gehenna shall be in wait (for those who deny the truth).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Indeed hell is an ambush,