Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Yea, turn thy vision [upon it] again and yet again: [and every time] thy vision will fall back upon thee, dazzled and truly defeated…
Arthur John Arberry
Then return thy gaze again, and again, and thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy) vision will come back to thee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out
Arabic
ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَیۡنِ یَنقَلِبۡ إِلَیۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئࣰا وَهُوَ حَسِیرࣱ ٤
Transliteration (2021)
thumma ir'jiʿi l-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilayka l-baṣaru khāsi-an wahuwa ḥasīru