Quran Ayah an-Naba` (The Tidings, The Announcement) 78:30 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

[And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!"

Arthur John Arberry

'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

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Arabic

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

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فَذُوقُوا فَلَنْ نَزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

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fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhāban

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˹deniers will be told˺ “So taste, and We will never increase you except in punishment.”

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So taste, and never We will increase you except (in) punishment.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

[And so We shall say:] "Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering!"

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

M. M. Pickthall

So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

˹So the deniers will be told,˺ “Taste ˹the punishment˺, for all you will get from Us is more torment.”

Wahiduddin Khan

[So We shall say], Taste, then, [the fruit of your evil doings,] for now We shall bestow on you nothing but more and more suffering

Safi Kaskas

"So feel it, We will only increase your punishment."

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Experience it! We will never increase you but in punishment.

T.B.Irving

"So taste! Yet We shall only increase torment for you!"

Shakir

So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement

Abdul Hye

(It will be said): “So you taste (the results of evil actions). We shall give you nothing but increase in punishment.”

Saeed Malik

Hence, taste [your own doings]. So [now when it is too late to repent] WE will not give you more of anything except a punishment.

The Study Quran

So taste! For We shall not increase you in aught but punishment

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

So taste! We will only increase you in punishment.

Talal Itani (2012)

So taste! We will increase you only in suffering

M. Farook Malik

It will be said: "Taste the fruits of your deeds! You shall have nothing but increase in punishment."

Dr. Kamal Omar

So taste you! So We never provide you an increase except (in the) torment

Dr. Munir Munshey

Now taste (the consequences of your deeds)! Suffering is all We shall ever bestow _ and increase _ upon you

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So taste you (the reward), because We shall not grant you any increase except in (your) punishment

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

Muhammad Sarwar

(They will be told), "Suffer, We shall only increase the torment for you"

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

.So now taste! We will add nothing to you but torment

Shabbir Ahmed

So, now, taste nothing but increasing punishment

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

"So taste! We will never increase you in anything except in torment."

Hamid S. Aziz

"So taste you (the fruits of your deeds)! For We will not add to you aught but torment

Abdel Haleem

‘Taste this: all you will get from Us is more torment.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Taste therefore. We shall not increase you in aught but torment

Ahmed Ali

So taste (the fruit of what you sowed), for We shall add nothing but torment

Aisha Bewley

So taste! We will increase you only in punishment.

Ali Ünal

So: "Taste (the fruit of your deeds), and We will not increase you except in suffering."

Ali Quli Qara'i

So [now] taste! We shall increase you in nothing but punishment

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

So taste it, for no increase will come to you from Us except in retribution.

Musharraf Hussain

so it will be said to them: “Taste the punishment. We won’t add anything except punishment for you!

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
So taste this, for no increase will We grant you, except in punishment

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So, taste (the punishment), for We never add anything to you except punishment.

Maududi
So taste (the fruit of your deeds). We shall only increase your torment

Mohammad Shafi
"So taste now [the punishment;] for, now, We shall increase on you nothing but punishment!"

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Taste now, We shall not increase you but in torment.

Rashad Khalifa

Suffer the consequences; we will only increase your retribution

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

'Taste! We shall not increase you except in punishment!

Faridul Haque

Therefore taste it now – We shall not increase anything for you except the punishment

Bijan Moeinian

So let them taste the fruit of your actions as I (God) will not give you anything but the torture

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So taste, for We shall add to you naught but chastisement

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So taste/experience, so We will never/not increase you except torture

Sher Ali

`Taste ye, therefore, the punishment; WE will give you no increase except in torment.

Edip Yuksel

So taste it, for no increase will come to you from Us except in retribution.

Amatul Rahman Omar

(It shall be said to them when they are about to be punished,) `Suffer therefore (the consequences of your evil deeds), We will do no more than increase your torment

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(O disbelievers, you excelled in rebellion and disbelief in the world.) Now taste the outcome (of your actions). We shall keep increasing but the torment upon you

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

So taste this: for We shall give you nothing but mounting torment!‘

Arthur John Arberry

'Taste! We shall increase you not save in chastisement.

Edward Henry Palmer

'Then taste, for we will only increase your torment!

George Sale

Taste, therefore: We will not add unto you any other than torment

John Medows Rodwell

"Taste this then: and we will give you increase of nought but torment."

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

“So (Fa) taste (Zuuqu'), and (Fa) never (Lan) will We augment you (the transgressors) (Naziida-kum')except (illa) in punishment (Äzaabaa).”

Fode Drame

“Taste you therefore, for We will not increase you in anything except in punishment.”

Munir Mezyed

Now, therefore, taste (the dire consequences of your iniquitous deeds). No increase shall We give you except in punishment.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Taste then, We will only increase your punishment.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Taste! No gain will We grant you except in punishment.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

So taste, for We will not increase you^pl except in punishment!

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

"So taste! Yet We shall only increase torment for you!"

Samy Mahdy

So, taste! We will not increase you except for torment.

Sayyid Qutb

[and We shall say]: 'Taste this, then; the only increase you shall have is increase of torment.'

Ali Quli Qarai

So [now] taste! We shall increase you in nothing but punishment!

Ahmed Hulusi

So taste it, never We will increase you in anything except suffering!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

So taste you. No increase shall We give you, except in torment.

A. S. Mohamed

So taste, for We will increase you in nothing other than punishment.

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

So taste (what you have earned). We will not give you more of anything except punishment

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

So taste you (the fruit of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, but in punishmen

Mir Aneesuddin

So taste (the punishment), and We will not increase for you anything except punishment.

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

Now taste the outcome of your deeds and plenty of the same will We increase and perpetuate

The Wise Quran Project

So taste, and We will not increase you except in punishment.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So taste it, for no increase will come to you from Us except in retribution.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

So taste it, for no increase will come to you from Us except in retribution

OLD Literal Word for Word

So taste, and never We will increase you except (in) punishment

OLD Transliteration

Fathooqoo falan nazeedakum illa AAathaban

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