Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and when they are flung, linked [all] together, into a tight space within, they will pray for extinction there and then
M. M. Pickthall
And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will pLead for destruction there and then
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And when they are tossed into a narrow place inside ˹Hell˺, chained together, then and there they will cry out for ˹instant˺ destruction.
Safi Kaskas
and when they are thrown, shackled together, into a narrow place therein, they will pray for death.
Wahiduddin Khan
When they are thrown into a narrow space, chained together, they will plead for death
Shakir
And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, they shall there call out for destruction
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And when they were cast down into it, a troubling place, ones who are chained, they called for damnation.
T.B.Irving
When they are flung all hitched together into a narrow part of it, they will plead to be blotted out there.
Abdul Hye
When chained together, they will be thrown into a narrow place thereof; they will exclaim in it for destruction (death).
The Study Quran
And when they are cast bound together into a narrow place thereof, they will, there and then, call to be destroyed
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When they are thrown into a narrow place, bound in chains, they will plead for annihilation there and then.
Talal Itani (2012)
And when they are thrown into it, into a tight place, shackled, they will plead there for death
Dr. Kamal Omar
And when they were thrown away from there to a narrow suffocating pocket, as chained (criminals), they cried then and there , (requesting) complete destruction
And when, chained together, they are flung into some narrow space, they will fervently plead for death
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And when they are cast in a strait place thereof, interlinked, they will call there for detriment (s). "Do not call today for one detriment
Muhammad Sarwar
When they are thrown, bound, into a narrow place therein, then only will they wish for their death
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when they will be thrown into a narrow place therein, while they will be chained together, they will call for death
Shabbir Ahmed
And when they are flung into a narrow space linked together in chains, they will plead for extinction there and then. (Distress of Hell is constricting while the Bliss of Paradise is Spacious (3:133)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Bound together in chains, they will wail and beg for death as they are tossed into a cramped space (in the hellfire)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And when they are thrown in, bounded together, into a tight place in there, they will plead for (their) death
And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And when they are cast into it from a tight crevice, in chains, they call out their remorse
Abdel Haleem
and when they are hurled into a narrow part of it, chained together, they will cry out for death
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And when they are flung into a strait place thereof, bound Up, they shall call therein unto death
Ahmed Ali
And when they are cast within a narrow space of it chained together, they would plead for death
Aisha Bewley
When they are flung into a narrow place in it, shackled together in chains, they will cry out there for destruction.
Ali Ünal
And when they are flung, chained together, into a narrow place in it, they will pray there for extinction
Ali Quli Qara'i
And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound together [in chains], they will pray for [their own] annihilation
Hamid S. Aziz
And when they are thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they shall pray for destruction there
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And when they are thrown into a tight place of it, chained together, there they call for death.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And when they are cast and bound together into a constricted place, they will plead to perish then and there
Musharraf Hussain
and they will be chained together and cast into a narrow pit in it; they will plead to perish.
Maududi
And when they are chained together and flung into a narrow space therein, they will begin to call for death
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Andwhen they are cast into it from a tight crevice, in chains, they call out their remorse
Mohammad Shafi
When they are thrown into a narrow space therein, chained together, they will plead for destruction (death, so that they become oblivious to their suffering in the Fire)
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And when they will be thrown into any narrow place thereof tied With chains, they will there request for death.
And when they are thrown into it, through a narrow place, all shackled, they will declare their remorse.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And when, chained in (iron) fetters, they are cast into some narrow space of the Fire, they will call out for destruction
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when they are cast into a narrow place thereof in chains, they will there pray for destruction
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And if they were thrown from it (to) a narrow/tight place/position tied to each other, at that time and place they called (for) destruction and grief
Bijan Moeinian
Bound together with ropes, and being whipped, they will be go through a narrow place; they wish they were dead
Faridul Haque
And when they are thrown into a narrow place in it, bound in chains, they will pray for death in it
Sher Ali
And when they are thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will pray there for destruction
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when, tightly bound (together or bound to their satans,) they will be thrown into it from some narrow place, then they will cry out for (their) destruction
Amatul Rahman Omar
And when they are thrown into some narrow place of it, chained in fetters, they will call out for (total) destruction, there and then
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And when they are thrown in a tight place therefrom, bound in chains, they will pray thereupon for annihilation.
Munir Mezyed
And when they are cast into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will plead there for destruction.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And when they are thrown into a tight place there in which they are tied together, then they call for destruction.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When they are cast, bound together, into a constricted place therein, they will plead for ultimate destruction.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And when they are cast, shackled, into a tight place therein, there they plead for demise.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When they are flung all hitched together into a narrow part of it (Hell), they will plead to be blotted out there.
Samy Mahdy
And when they are thrown among it, into a narrow place, bound, they will call therein, perditions.
Sayyid Qutb
And when, chained together, they are flung into a tight space within, they will pray for extinction there and then.
Ahmed Hulusi
When they are bound (helpless) and thrown into a narrow space, they will plead for death (they will realize death is the only way out from the suffering that has befallen them).
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And when they are cast, coupled in fetters, into a narrow place of that Fire, they will call out there for destruction.
And when they are cast in its grim confines bound to their kind, and their feet chained to their necks they shall invoke extinction and wish they could perish
Mir Aneesuddin
When it sees them from a far off place, they will hear its fury and the sound of blazing fire.
The Wise Quran
And when they are thrown into a narrow place thereof, fastened together, they shall call thereof for destruction.