Quran Ayah al-Haqqah (The Reality, The Inevitable) 69:31 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and then let him enter hell

Arthur John Arberry

and then roast him in Hell

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire

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Source Arabic and Literal tools

Arabic

ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِیمَ صَلُّوهُ ۝٣١

Transliteration (2021)

thumma l-jaḥīma ṣallūh

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Then (into) the Hellfire burn him.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and then let him enter hell

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire

M. M. Pickthall

And then expose him to hell-fir

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

then burn them in Hell,

Wahiduddin Khan

and then let him enter Hell

Safi Kaskas

Then drive him into Hell.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Again, broil him in hellfire

T.B.Irving

Then let Hades roast him!

Shakir

Then cast him into the burning fire

Saeed Malik

then Jaḥīm. Burn him.

Abdul Hye

then throw him in the blazing fire,

The Study Quran

Then cast him in Hellfire

Talal Itani (2012)

Then scorch him in the Blaze

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

"Then burn him in the Blaze!"

M. Farook Malik

then cast him in the blazing fire

Dr. Kamal Omar

afterwards throw him in the blazing Fire

Dr. Munir Munshey

"And roast him over the blazing fire."

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Then to Hell cast him.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And throw him in the blazing Fire

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then into Hellfire drive him

Muhammad Sarwar

then throw them into hell to be heated up therein

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and then, let him burn in the blazing fire

Shabbir Ahmed

And then hurl him in the blazing flame of his deeds

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Thereafter roast him in Hell-Fire

Hamid S. Aziz

"Then cast him into the burning Fire

Abdel Haleem

lead him to burn in the blazing Fire

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then in the Scorch roast hi

Ahmed Ali

Then cast him to be burnt in Hell

Aisha Bewley

Then roast him in the Blazing Fire.

Ali Ünal

"Then in the Blazing Flame let him to roast

Ali Quli Qara'i

Then put him into hell

Musharraf Hussain

then let him burn in Hell

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

“And burn him in the blazing fire

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

then make him enter (and burn in) the hellfire

Maududi

then cast him in the Fire

Mohammad Shafi

Then burn him in the Blazing Fire

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Then cast him into blowing fire.

Rashad Khalifa

Burn him in Hell.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Roast him in Hell

Faridul Haque

“Then hurl him into the blazing fire.”

Bijan Moeinian

..“Take the guilty one, put the chain on his neck and throw him into the blazing fire.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then cast him into the burning Fire

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Then (in) the Hell roast/burn him

Sher Ali

`Then cast him into Hell

Edip Yuksel

Then to hell cast him.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then cast him into Hell

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Then cast him into the burning Fire

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Then throw him in the blazing Fire

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Then burn him in the fire of Hell

Arthur John Arberry

and then roast him in Hell

Edward Henry Palmer

then in hell broil him

George Sale

and cast him into hell to be burned

John Medows Rodwell

Then at the Hell-fire burn him

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and then (Thumma) burn him (Solluu-hu) in Hell (El'Jahiima),

Fode Drame

Then in the blazing fire burn him.

Munir Mezyed

Then throw him into the Inferno,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

“Cast him/her into the blazing fire.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

then scorch him in purgatory,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then throw him into hell-fire.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Then let Hades roast him!

Samy Mahdy

Then flame him in the Hellfire.

Ali Quli Qarai

Then put him into hell.

Ahmed Hulusi

“Then cast him to the Hell!”

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

"Then throw him in the blazing Fire."

A. S. Mohamed

then roast him in Hellfire.

Mir Aneesuddin

then make him enter the hell,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

Then throw him in the fire to be tortured but not to die

The Wise Quran Project

Then the hellfire burn him.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Then to Hell cast him.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Then to Hell cast him

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then (into) the Hellfire burn him

OLD Transliteration

Thumma aljaheema salloohu

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