Quran 33 : 16

Say, "Never will benefit you the fleeing, if you flee from death or killing, and then not you will be allowed to enjoy except a little."
قُل
Qul
لَّن
Llan
يَنفَعَكُمُ
Yanfaʿakumu
ٱلْفِرَارُ
Alfirāru
إِن
Iin
فَرَرْتُم
Farartum
مِّنَ
Mmina
ٱلْمَوْتِ
Almawti
أَوِ
Aawi
ٱلْقَتْلِ
Alqatli
وَإِذًا
Waiidhana
لَّا
Llā
تُمَتَّعُونَ
Tumattaʿūna
إِلَّا
Iillā
قَلِيلًا
Qalīlana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Say: "It will not benefit you to flee away from death or from being killed, for you will only have the enjoyment for a short while."

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Say: "Running away will not profit you if ye are running away from death or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more than a brief (respite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!"

Wahiduddin Khan

Say, Flight shall not avail you: if you manage to escape from death or killing, you will enjoy life only for a short while.[31]

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Say, [O Muhammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."

The Wise Quran

Say, 'Flight will not avail you if you flee from death or killing; and then you shall not be granted enjoyment except a little.'

The Study Quran

Say, “Fleeing will not benefit you if you flee from death or killing, for you will not be granted enjoyment, save a little.

Talal Itani (2012)

Say, 'Flight will not benefit you, if you flee from death or killing, even then you will be given only brief enjoyment.'

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Say, “Fleeing won’t benefit you, if you flee from death or killing. Even then, you would be indulged only a little.”

T.B.Irving

SAY: "Fleeing will never help you: if you should flee from death or slaughter, then you will still enjoy (life) only briefly."

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Say: "Running away will not help you, if you are running away from death or slaughter; And even then (if you do run away), you may be allowed to enjoy no longer than a short time!"

Sher Ali

Say, `Flight shall not avail you if you flee from death or slaughter; and even then you will not be allowed to enjoy yourselves but a little.

Shakir

Say: Flight shall not do you any good if you fly from death or slaughter, and in that case you will not be allowed to enjoy yourselves but a little

Shabbir Ahmed

Say, "Flight will not avail you if you flee from death or being killed. You are not to enjoy life but for a little while."

Samy Mahdy

Say, “The fleeing will not benefit you, if you flee from the death or the killing, and then you will not be enjoying except, a little.”

Safi Kaskas

Say, "Fleeing will not benefit you. If you should flee from death or killing, you will be permitted to enjoy life for only a short while."

Rashad Khalifa

Say, "If you flee, you can never flee from death or from being killed. No matter what happens, you only live a short while longer."

N J Dawood 2014

Say: ‘Nothing will your flight avail you. If you escaped from death or slaughter you would enjoy this world only for a little while.‘

Mustaqim

Say: fleeing will not benefit you when you flee from death or fighting and then only enjoy it a little.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Fleeing will not benefit you if you ˹try to˺ escape a natural or violent death. ˹If it is not your time,˺ you will only be allowed enjoyment for a little while.”

Musharraf Hussain

Say: “Fleeing will not benefit you, if you run away from death or fighting you will have limited enjoyment in life.”

MunirMezyed2023

Say: “Fleeing will never ever avail you. However, if it happens that you flee from death or slaughter, then you will be given enjoyment only for a little while".

Munir Mezyed

Say, (O’ ‘Muhammad’): “Fleeing will never ever avail you. However, if it happens that you flee from death or slaughter, then you will be given enjoyment only for a little while."

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Say, .Flight will never be of any use to you, if you flee from death or killing, and even then you will not be left to enjoy (life) but for a little while

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), tell them, "Running away will never be of any benefit to you even if you run away from death or being killed. Still you would not be able to enjoy yourselves except for a short while."

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Say: Flight will not avail you if ye flee from death or killing, and then ye dwell in comfort but a little while

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Say, "Flight will never profit you, in case you flee from death or killing; and lo, you will not be given enjoyment except for a little (time)

Muhammad Asad

Say: “Whether you flee from [natural] death or from being slain [in battle], flight will not profit you - for, however you fare, you are not [allowed] to enjoy life for more than a little while!”

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

Say: "The escape/flight will never/not benefit you if you escaped/fled from the death/lifelessness or the killing/fighting , and then you do not be living long/enjoying except a little."

Mohammad Shafi

Say, "Fleeing will profit you not, if you flee from death, natural or violent. And even then, (when, with Allah's will, you are given respite from death for the time being,) you will not be allowed to enjoy life on this earth but a little

Mir Aneesuddin

“Your running away will never benefit you if you are running away from death or murder, and in that case you are not allowed to enjoy but a little,” (because ultimately you have to die).

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Say: Who is it that can protect you from Allah, if He intends harm for you or He intends to show you mercy? And they will not find for themselves a guardian or a helper besides Allah

Maududi

(O Prophet), tell them: "If you run away from death or slaying, this flight will not avail you. You will have little time after that to enjoy (the pleasures of life)."

Linda "iLham" Barto

Say, “Running away will not profit you if you are running away from death or killing. Even so, you would only be allowed a brief time to enjoy.”

John Medows Rodwell

SAY: Flight shall not profit you; if ye have fled the death or the slaughter, yet even then, but a little while shall ye enjoy your good things

Irving/Hegab

SAY: "Fleeing will never help you: if you should flee from death or slaughter, then you will still enjoy (life) only briefly."

Hilali - Khan

Say (O Muhammad SAW to these hypocrites who ask your permission to run away from you): "Flight will not avail you if you flee from death or killing, and then you will enjoy no more than a little while!"

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Say: 'Flight will not avail you, if you flee from death or slaughter, you would enjoy (this world) only for a little (time).

Hamid S. Aziz

Say, "Flight shall not avail you if you flee from death or slaughter, and then you dwell in comfort but a little."

George Sale

Say, flight shall not profit you, if ye fly from death or from slaughter: And if it would, yet shall ye not enjoy this world but a little

Fode Drame

Say, “Fleeing will not benefit you, if you flee from the death or from the killing and even then you will not be allowed to enjoy except a little while.”

Faridul Haque

Proclaim, “Fleeing will never benefit you if you flee from death or killing, and even then you will not be given the usage of this world except a little.”

Edward Henry Palmer

Say, 'Flight shall avail you naught; if ye fly from death or slaughter, even then ye shall be granted enjoyment only for a little!

Dr. Munir Munshey

Tell them, "You may attempt to run away from death and slaying. But such a flight will not do you much good. After that you will not be able to enjoy except for just a short while."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Say: ‘Escape will not benefit you at all. If you seek to flee (fearing) death or slaughter, you will gain little (from life) except a brief respite.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Say: Running away will never profit you that you ran away from death or killing, then, you will be given enjoyment but for a little.

Dr. Kamal Omar

Say: “Flight (from battle-ground) will not benefit you if you fled (out of fear of impending) death or killing, and then you will not enjoy except a little period (that you may stay in this world).”

Corpus.Quran

Say Never will benefit you the fleeing if you flee from death or killing and then not you will be allowed to enjoy except a little

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Say, “Running away will not profit you if you are running away from death or slaughter, and even if you do escape, no more than brief respite will you be allowed to enjoy.

Bijan Moeinian

Say to them: “You can never fly from death. Your attempt to flee will buy you only a short period of time to enjoy.”

Bakhtiari Nejad

Say: “Escape will never benefit you if you escape from death or killing (being killed), and even then you only enjoy for a little while.”

Arthur John Arberry

Say: 'Flight will not profit you, if you flee from death or slaying; you will be given enjoyment of days then but little.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Say, `It would be of no avail to you if you flee from death or the battlefield and in case you do, you will not (be allowed to) enjoy yourselves but for a short while

Ali Ünal

Say: "Flight will be of no avail to you if you flee from death or being killed (in battle). However you fare, you are not allowed to enjoy life more than a little while (only until your appointed time)."

Ali Quli Qara'i

Say, ‘Flight will not avail you should you flee from death or from being killed, and then you will be let to enjoy only for a little while.’

Aisha Bewley

Say: ´Flight will not benefit you if you try to run away from death or being killed. Then you will only enjoy a short respite.´

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Say you, 'Flight will never profit you, if you flee from death or slaying, and even then you shall not be allowed to enjoy the world but a little'.

Ahmed Hulusi

Say, “If you are trying to flee from death or from being killed, your fleeing will be of no benefit to you... Even if you were to escape, your gain will be near to nothing (as the life of the earthly life is so very short)!”

Ahmed Ali

Say: "Of no gain will be your running away if you run from death or being killed, even then you will enjoy the good things of life but only for a while."

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Say thou: flight shall not profit you if ye flee from death or slaughter, and lo! ye will not enjoy life except for a little

Abdul Hye

Say (O Muhammad to these hypocrites who ask your permission to run away from you): “Flight (run away) will not avail you if you flee from death or killing, and you will enjoy a little (while in this world)!”

Abdel Haleem

[Prophet], say, ‘Running away will not benefit you. If you manage to escape death or slaughter, you will only be permitted to enjoy [life] for a short while.’