Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
but if anyone does succeed in snatching a glimpse [of such knowledge], he is [henceforth] pursued by a piercing flame
Arthur John Arberry
except such as snatches a fragment, and he is pursued by a piercing flame
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness
Arabic
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابࣱ ثَاقِبࣱ ١٠
Transliteration (2021)
illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibu