Quran 78:21 Word by Word & Translations

78:21 Word by Word (2021)

Indeed, Hell is lying in wait,

78:21 Arabic

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا
78:21 Transliteration

Inna jahannama kanat mirsadan
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
For Hell is in wait.
Abdel Haleem
Hell lies in wait
Abdul Hye
Truly, hell is a place of ambush,
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily the Hell is an ambuscade
Ahmed Ali
Certainly Hell lies in wait
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, Hell has become a place of passage (everyone will pass from it).
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, Hell is watching.
Aisha Bewley
Hell lies in wait —
Ali Ãœnal
Surely Hell lies as a place for surveillance
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed hell is an ambush
Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, only Gehenna shall be in wait (for those who deny the truth)
Arthur John Arberry
Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush
Bakhtiari Nejad
Indeed, hell is (waiting as) an ambush,
Bijan Moeinian
The Hell then will be waiting impatiently
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Truly hell is a place of ambush
Corpus.Quran
Indeed Hell is lying in wait
Dr. Kamal Omar
Truly, Hell has become a place of ambush
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, hell will be on the watch,
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Surely, Hell is a place of ambush
Dr. Munir Munshey
Hell, in fact, lies in ambush
Edward Henry Palmer
Verily, hell is an ambuscade
Faridul Haque
Indeed hell is lying in ambush
Fode Drame
Truly Hell indeed is a place of lying in wait.
George Sale
verily hell shall be a place of ambush
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely hell lies in ambush
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Indeed, Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush
Hilali - Khan
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush
Irving/Hegab
Hell will lurk in ambush
John Medows Rodwell
Hell truly shall be a place of snares
Linda "iLham" Barto
Truly, Hell is an ambush.
Maududi
Surely the Hell is an ambush
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely hell lies in wait
Mir Aneesuddin
Hell certainly lies in wait,
Mohammad Shafi
Indeed, Hell is waiting
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
That truly Hell was/is an observatory/ambuscade
Muhammad Asad
[On that Day,] verily, hell will lie in wait [for those who deny the truth] –
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely Hell has been observing, (i.e., in expectation of the criminals)
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush
Muhammad Sarwar
Hell will lie in wait (for its prey)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Surely Jahannam (the Hell) lurks in ambush
Munir Mezyed
Indeed, ‘Gehenna’ is a place of ambush
MunirMezyed2023
Truly, Gehenna is a place of ambush
Musharraf Hussain
Hell lies in waiting,
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Indeed, Hell is lying in ambush
Mustaqim
For hell lies in wait,
N J Dawood 2014
Hell will lie in ambush
Rashad Khalifa
Gehenna is inevitable
Safi Kaskas
Hell has been lying in wait,
Samy Mahdy
Surely, Gohanam (Hell) was an observatory lookout.
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, Hell lurks in ambush
Shakir
Surely hell lies in wait
Sher Ali
Surely, Hell lies in ambush
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Truly, Hell is like a place of ambush—
T.B.Irving
Hell will lurk in ambush
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Hell is a lurking threat.
Talal Itani (2012)
Hell is lying in ambush
The Study Quran
Truly Hell lies in ambush
The Wise Quran
Indeed, Hell is an ambush,
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wai
Wahiduddin Khan
Surely, Hell lies in wait
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush