Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[And] they [who had been seduced] will exclaim: “Nay, but it is you! No welcome to you! It is you who have prepared this for us: and how vile a state to abide in!”
M. M. Pickthall
They say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of welcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is the plight
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! No welcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this) place to stay in!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
The followers will respond, “No! You are not welcome! You brought this upon us. What an evil place for settlement!”
Safi Kaskas
They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us; what an evil place to settle!
Wahiduddin Khan
They will say to them, You are not welcome! It was you who brought this on us, an evil place to stay
Shakir
They shall say: Nay! you-- no welcome to you: you did proffer it to us, so evil is the resting-place
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Nay! You! There is no welcome for you. It is you who put this forward on us. Miserable will be the stopping place!
T.B.Irving
They will say: "Indeed you have no welcome either. You have prepared it for us; what an awful plight!"
Abdul Hye
(The followers of the misguided leaders will say): “Nay, you too! No welcome for you! It is you (leaders) who brought this upon us. Such an evil is this place to stay in!”
The Study Quran
They will say, “Nay, but no greeting for you! You have sent it forth for us. What an evil dwelling place!”
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They will cry out, “No, you are not welcome! It is you who brought this upon us. What a terrible end!”
Talal Itani (2012)
They will say, 'But it is you! There is no welcome for you! It is you who brought it upon us! What a miserable end!'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(The followers of those who transgressed beyond limits) said (to their ‘guides’): “Nay, you (too)! No welcome for you! It is you who brought this upon us (because you misguided us in our worldly life). So, what an evil (place for) stay.”
The followers shall say to their misguided leaders: "But you! There is no welcome for you either! It was you who have brought us to this end. Such an evil abode."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They will say, "No indeed, it is you (who) have no welcome; you forwarded it for us; so, miserable is the reposing!"
Muhammad Sarwar
Their followers will say, "In fact, it is you who deserve condemnation. It was you who led us to hell, a terrible dwelling"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They (the followers) will say (to their leaders) .No, it is you who are not welcome; you are the ones who brought this upon us. So, how evil is the place to stay (for ever)!
Shabbir Ahmed
The followers will say to the leaders, "Nay, but you! There is no welcome for you either! It is you who sent this forth for us! What a station of plight!" (14:21), (33:67), (34:32), (37:29), (40:47)
Dr. Munir Munshey
(The newcomers will respond) "Actually there is no welcome for you either. You led us here into hell, the worst of the places!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(The followers of evil will cry out to their leaders:) No, you (too)! (There is) no welcome for you! It is you who have made this happen to us! Now, (this) place to stay-in is evil
They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "No, you are the ones without welcome. It was you who misled us, so here is the result!"
Abdel Haleem
They will say to them, ‘You are not welcome! It was you who brought this on us, an evil place to stay,’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They will say nay! it is ye, for whom there is no welcome: it is ye who have brought it upon us. Evil shall be the resting-place
Ahmed Ali
They will say: "In fact, it is you who will have no welcome. It is you who brought this upon us. What an evil place of rest!"
Aisha Bewley
They will say, ´No, it is you who have no welcome. It is you who brought it upon us. What an evil place to settle!´
Ali Ünal
They (who had blindly followed) say: "No! rather for you, there is no welcome for you! It is you who forwarded this for us (from the world)!" Then, how evil a place to abide in
Ali Quli Qara'i
They say, ‘Rather, may wretchedness be your lot! You prepared this [hell] for us. What an evil abode!’
Hamid S. Aziz
They shall say, "Nay! Thee too! No welcome for you: it is you who have brought this upon us; evil is this resting-place."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They will say: “No, there is no welcome for you (either), you brought it upon us, and it is the miserable place to stay.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They say, “No welcome for you. It is you who have brought this upon us. Miserable is this place to stay in.
Musharraf Hussain
The newcomers will say, “No! It is you, there is no welcome for you, you got us in to this. What a dreadful place to stay!”
Maududi
They will reply: "Rather, no welcome to you. (You will roast in Hell.) It is you who led us to this end. What an evil resort!"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "No, you are the ones without welcome. It was you who presented this to us, what a miserable result!
Mohammad Shafi
They [the seduced] will say [to the seducers], "Nay, but it is you who are not welcome! You have brought this upon us: and it is a vile state to be in!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The followers said, 'nay! Rather you should not get an open place'. You brought this distress to us'. Therefore what an evil destination it is
The newcomers will respond, "Nor are you welcomed. You are the ones who preceded us and misled us. Therefore, suffer this miserable end."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But they will say: 'No, it is you that has no welcome. It was you who brought it upon us, an evil place!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They say: Nay! you -- no welcome to you! You prepared it for us, so evil is the resting-place
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "But you are (there is) no welcome with (for) you, you advanced/introduced it for us." So how bad (is) the settlement/decision
Bijan Moeinian
The new comers will complain to the Hell’s residents: “You deviated us from the right path to this end. You deserve to suffer like this.”
Faridul Haque
The followers will say, “In fact, for you! May you not get open space! It is you who brought this calamity upon us!” So what a wretched destination
Sher Ali
The followers will say, `Nay, it is you. No welcome for you either. It is you who prepared this for us by leading us astray.' What an evil resting place it is
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They (the arrivals) will say: ‘In fact, it is you; may there be no reception for you! It is but you who brought us this (disbelief and torment). So (this) is an evil resting place.
Amatul Rahman Omar
They (- their followers) will say (to their leaders), `Nay, it is rather you (who deserve Hell)! There is no welcome for you (either). In truth it was you that brought about this (evil punishment) for us (by leading us astray), what an evil resting place it is!
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(The followers of the misleaders will say): "Nay, you (too)! No welcome for you! It is you (misleaders) who brought this upon us (because you misled us in the world), so evil is this place to stay in!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They say, “Nay! No welcome for you. It is you who have prepared this for us”. And how woeful is the place of dwelling.
Munir Mezyed
They shall say: “In fact, it is you who should be blamed. It was you who led us into this dreadful abode.”
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They will say: but there is no welcome for you, you prepared this for us, and it is a bad place to stay.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They will say, “Not you! There is no welcome for you. You brought this upon us. This place is evil.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “But it is youpl who are not welcome! It is you who brought it upon us! So what a miserable end!”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They will say: "Indeed you have no welcome either. You have prepared it for us; what an awful plight!"
Samy Mahdy
They said: Nay, but you are the ones not welcomed by you. You submitted it to us. So, wretched is the settled place.
Sayyid Qutb
These others will say: 'No, but it is you! No welcome to you either! It is you who brought this on us! How vile a place to be in!'
Ahmed Hulusi
They (who followed those leaders) will say, “No, in fact it is you who is not ‘welcome’ (no well-being for you)... For it was you who led us to this (hell)! What a wretched settlement!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They say: No, it is you have no welcome: you forwarded it for us; how evil is the abode .
"You are not welcomed here either", say those in Hell to the fresh crowd, "You brought this evil destiny upon our heads, therefore evil is the place of your destined end"
Mir Aneesuddin
They will say (to those already in hell), “No, no welcome for you (too), you prepared this in advance for us, so evil is the place /time of stay.”
The Wise Quran
They said, 'Nay, you, there is no welcome for you. You sent it forward for us, and evil is the resting-place.'