Quran 70:1 Translations ⓘ

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

Transliteration

Saala sailun biAAathabin waqiAAin

Ahmad Ali

AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come

Ali Qarai

An asker asked for a punishment sure to befall

Amhad Khan

A requester seeks the punishment that will take place –

Arberry

A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall

Corpus Quran

Asked a questioner about a punishment bound to happen

Daryabadi

There hath asked an asker for the torment about to befall.

Hilali & Khan

A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall

Maududi

A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement,

Muhammad Sarwar

Someone has (needlessly) demanded to experience the torment (of God),

Muhammad Shakir

One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall

Pickthall

A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

Qaribullah

A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall on

Sahih Intl

A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

Talal Itani

A questioner questioned the imminent torment.

Wahihuddin Khan

A doubter once demanded that punishment be immediately meted out,

Yusuf Ali

A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-