لَا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَاحِدًا وَادْعُوا ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

[But they will be told:] “Pray not today for one single extinction, but pray for many extinctions!”

Arthur John Arberry

'Call not out today for one destruction, but call for many!

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft-repeated!"

Arabic

لَّا تَدۡعُوا۟ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ ثُبُورࣰا وَ ٰحِدࣰا وَٱدۡعُوا۟ ثُبُورࣰا كَثِیرࣰا ۝١٤

Transliteration (2021)

lā tadʿū l-yawma thubūran wāḥidan wa-id'ʿū thubūran kathīra