Quran 7 : 39

And (will) say (the) first of them to (the) last of them, "Then not is for you upon us any superiority, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."
وَقَالَتْ
Waqālat
أُولَىٰهُمْ
Aūlaāāhum
لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ
Liaukhraāāhum
فَمَا
Famā
كَانَ
Kāna
لَكُمْ
Lakum
عَلَيْنَا
ʿAlaynā
مِن
Min
فَضْلٍ
Faḍlin
فَذُوقُوا۟
Fadhūqūa
ٱلْعَذَابَ
Alʿadhāba
بِمَا
Bimā
كُنتُمْ
Kuntum
تَكْسِبُونَ
Taksibūna

Muhammad Sarwar

The first will then say, "You are no better than us; suffer the torment as the result of your deeds

Linda "iLham" Barto

Then the first will say to the last, “You have no advantage over us, so taste the penalty for all that you did!”

Mustaqim

And the first will say to the last: you were no better than us, so taste the punishment for what you used to do.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Then the first will say to the last, “See, you have no advantage over us, so taste the penalty for all that you did.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Then, the first will say to the last: 'You were no better than us. ' So taste the punishment for what you have earned

Irving/Hegab

The first of them will tell the last: "What advantage have you over us? Taste torment because of what you have earned!"

Wahiduddin Khan

then the preceding one will say to the succeeding one: you are no better than us: so taste the punishment you have earned

Abdel Haleem

and the first of them will say to the last, ‘You were no better than us: taste the punishment you have earned.’

Bakhtiari Nejad

And the earlier ones tell the later ones: “You have no advantage over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to do.”

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

The first of them will say to the last, “You have no advantage over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn.”

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the first of them said to the last: "You have no preference over us, so taste the retribution for what you have earned!"

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn

Musharraf Hussain

Then the first to enter will say to the last, “You were no better than us, so taste the punishment for what you earned.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Then the leaders will say to their followers, “You were no better than us! So taste the torment for what you used to commit.”

Ahmed Ali

Then the former will say to the latter: "You have no privilege over us. So taste the punishment for what you had done."

Ahmed Hulusi

The former ones will say to the latter ones, “You have no superiority over us... Taste the suffering brought by your own doings!”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the first of them will say to the last of them: You have no preference over us, so taste the chastisement for what you earned

T.B.Irving

The first of them will tell the last: "What advantage have you over us? Taste torment because of what you have earned!"

Aisha Bewley

The first of them will say to the last, ´You are in no way superior to us so taste the punishment for what you earned.´

Shabbir Ahmed

The first nation will say to the last, "You are not the least bit better than us. So taste the doom for what you earned."

Edward Henry Palmer

And the first of them will say unto the last, 'Ye have no preference over us, so taste ye the torment for that which ye have earned!

N J Dawood 2014

Then the first will say to the last: ‘You were no better than we. Taste then the torment, the penalty of your misdeeds.‘

Abdul Hye

The first of them will say to the last of them: “You were not any better than us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn.”

Safi Kaskas

The first of them will say to the last of them, "You were in no way better than us. Taste the punishment for all that you have earned."

The Study Quran

And the first of them will say to the last of them, “You are no better than us; so taste the punishment for that which you have earned.

Hilali - Khan

The first of them will say to the last of them: "You were not better than us, so taste the torment for what you used to earn."

Talal Itani (2012)

The first of them will say to the last of them, 'You have no advantage over us, so taste the torment for what you used to earn.'

Rashad Khalifa

The ancestral group will say to the later group, "Since you had an advantage over us, taste the retribution for your own sins."

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !"

MunirMezyed2023

Then, the first will say to the last of them: "You have no preference over us, so taste the chastisement for that which you used to earn."

Sher Ali

And the first of them will say to the last of them, `You have no superiority over us; taste, therefore, the punishment for all that you did

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

The former ones will say to the latter ones, .So, you have no privilege against us. Now, taste the punishment for what you have been earning

Munir Mezyed

Then, the first will say unto the last of them: "You have no preference over us, so taste the chastisement for that which you used to earn."

The Wise Quran

And the first of them will say to the last of them, 'Then you have no preference over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn.'

Shakir

And the foremost of them will say to the last of them: So you have no preference over us; therefore taste the chastisement for what you earned

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the first will say to the last, 'you have then not been anyhow better than us, taste therefore the torment the recompense of what you did'.

Arthur John Arberry

The first of them shall say to the last of them, 'You have no superiority over us, then; so taste the chastisement for what you have been earning.

Samy Mahdy

And the first of them said for the last of them, “So, it was not for you over us among a bounty, so taste the torment with what you were earning.”

Maududi

Then the preceding ones will say to the succeeding ones: ´You were in no way superior to us; taste, then, this torment for your deeds.´

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the first of them will say unto the last of them: ye have then no preference over us; taste then the torment for that which ye were wont to earn

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And the first of them would say to the last of them: You have had no superiority over us so experience the punishment for what you had been earning.

Fode Drame

And the first of them said to the last of them, “But no advantage you have over us so taste you the punishment for all that you used to perpetrate.”

Faridul Haque

And the preceding groups will say to the latter, "So you too were no better than us, therefore taste the punishment for what you have done!"

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

Corpus.Quran

And (will) say (the) first of them to (the) last of them Then not is for you upon us any superiority so taste the punishment for what you used to earn

George Sale

And the former of them shall say unto the latter of them, ye have not therefore any favour above us; taste the punishment for that which ye have gained

John Medows Rodwell

And the former of them shall say to the latter, "What advantage have ye over us? Taste ye therefore the torment for that which ye have done."

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then the first (group) will say to the last (one): "Now you see! You have no advantage over us; So you taste the penalty for all that you did!"

Ali Quli Qara'i

And the first of them will say to the last of them, ‘You have no advantage over us! So taste the punishment because of what you used to earn.’

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And their predecessors will say to their successors: ‘You have not gained any superiority over us, so you (too) taste the torment (now) for what you used to earn.

Mir Aneesuddin

And the former of them will say to the later of them, "So there is no preference for you over us, therefore taste the punishment for that which you used to earn."

Dr. Munir Munshey

Each preceding generation will say to the one following it, "You do not have an advantage over us. Now taste the torment in return for what you have wrought."

Mohammad Shafi

And the community that preceded will say to the community that followed, "So you have no preference over us. You taste then the punishment for what you used to earn."

Hamid S. Aziz

Then the first will say to the last, "You have no preference (advantage) over us (or were no better than us), so taste you the penalty for that which you have earned!"

Bijan Moeinian

The ancestral generations will say to the later generations: "You were not such victims as you pretend either; therefore, taste the punishment that you have earned for your sins

Muhammad Asad

And the first of them will say unto the last of them: "So you were in no wise superior to us! Taste, then, this suffering for all [the evil] that you were wont to do!"

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And their first said to their last: "So (there) was/is not was for you on us from grace/favour/blessing, so taste/experience the torture because (of) what you were gaining/acquiring ."

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the first of them, (- their leaders) will say to the last of them (- the followers), `(If we are to blame), you (too) are no better than we. Suffer therefore, the punishment of your (evil) deeds.

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "So, in no way are you of any grace (i.e. are in no way superior; are no better) over us; then taste the torment for what you were earning."

Ali Ünal

Then the preceding ones among them say to the succeeding ones: "You are in no wise superior to us, so taste the punishment for all (the sins) that you were busy earning (through your belief and deeds)!"

Dr. Kamal Omar

And the earlier of them said to the latter among them: “So there is not for you, over us, out of a grace. So taste the punishment for what you had been earning (through your evil deeds and concepts).”