Quran 8 : 50

And if you (could) see when take away souls (of) those who disbelieve the Angels, striking their faces and their backs "Taste (the) punishment (of) the Blazing Fire."
وَلَوْ
Walaw
تَرَىٰٓ
Taraāā
إِذْ
Iidh
يَتَوَفَّى
Yatawaffā
ٱلَّذِينَ
Alladhīna
كَفَرُوا۟
Kafarūa
ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
Almalaāiikahu
يَضْرِبُونَ
Yaḍribūna
وُجُوهَهُمْ
Wujūhahum
وَأَدْبَٰرَهُمْ
Waadbaārahum
وَذُوقُوا۟
Wadhūqūa
عَذَابَ
ʿAdhāba
ٱلْحَرِيقِ
Alḥarīqi

Samy Mahdy

And if you see, when the angels decease those who disbelieve, they strike their faces and their backs: “And taste the burn torment.”

Linda "iLham" Barto

If you could see, when the angels take the souls of the unbelievers, they smite their faces and their backs. “Taste the burning torture.

Arthur John Arberry

If thou couldst only see when the angels take the unbelievers, beating their faces and their backs: 'Taste the chastisement of the burning -

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

If thou couldst see how the angels receive those who disbelieve, smiting faces and their backs and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning

Irving/Hegab

If you could only see when the angels take [the souls of] those who disbelieve, striking their faces and backs: "Taste the torment of the Blaze!

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And couldst thou behold when the angels take away the life of those who disbelive striking their faces and their backs: taste the torment of burning

Talal Itani (2012)

If only you could see, as the angels take away those who disbelieve, striking their faces and their backs: 'Taste the agony of the Burning.'

John Medows Rodwell

If thou didst see, when the angels cause the infidels to die! They smite their faces and their backs, and - "Taste ye the torture of the burning

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

If only you could see, when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieve, striking their faces and their backs: “Taste the suffering of the Blaze.”

Mustaqim

And if you could see how the angels took away those who reject (the truth), striking their faces and backs and (saying): taste the punishment of burning.

Ahmed Ali

If you could only see the infidels as the angels draw away their souls and strike their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the torment of burnin

Ali Quli Qara'i

Were you to see when the angels take away the faithless, striking their faces and their backs, [saying], ‘Taste the punishment of the burning

Bakhtiari Nejad

And if you could see when the angels take the life of those who disbelieve striking their faces and their backs (saying:) “Taste the punishment of burning,

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

If you could see the angels when they carry off the souls of the unbelievers, beating their faces and their backs, saying: 'Taste the punishment of Burning

Shakir

And had you seen when the angels will cause to die those who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs, and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And if you could see, when the Angels take away the souls of the infidels, they, are smiting their faces and. their backs, and taste the torment of burning.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Could you but see the angels carrying away the souls of those who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs (saying), `Suffer the punishment of burning

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if thou couldst see when the angels cause to die those who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs, and (saying): Taste the punishment of burning

Mustafa Khattab 2018

If only you could see when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers, beating their faces and backs, ˹saying,˺ “Taste the torment of burning!

Bilal Muhammad 2018

If you could see when the angels take the souls of the unbelievers, and they strike their faces and their backs saying, “Taste the penalty of the blazing fire

George Sale

And if thou didst behold when the angels cause the unbelievers to die: They strike their faces and their backs, and say unto them, taste ye the pain of burning

Edward Henry Palmer

Couldst thou see when the angels take away the souls of those who misbelieve; they smite them on their faces and hinder parts.- 'Taste ye the torment of burning

Musharraf Hussain

If you could see, as the disbelievers’ souls were taken from them, the angels striking their faces and backs, saying, “Taste the punishment of the Blaze.

The Study Quran

And if only thou couldst see when the angels take those who disbelieve, striking their faces and their backs, and [saying], “Taste the punishment of the burning

Ahmed Hulusi

And if you could but see when the angels take the deniers of the reality at death, striking their faces and their backs, saying, “Taste the scorching suffering”!

T.B.Irving

If you could only see when the angels gather up [the souls of] those who disbelieve, striking their faces and backs: "Taste the torment of the Blaze!

Corpus.Quran

And if you (could) see when take away souls (of) those who disbelieve the Angels striking their faces and their backs Taste (the) punishment (of) the Blazing Fire

The Wise Quran

And if you could see when the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve; they strike their faces and their backs, 'And taste the punishment of the burning!

Aisha Bewley

If only you could see when the angels take back those who were kafir at their death, beating their faces and their backs: ´Taste the punishment of the Burning!

Maududi

And if you could only see when the angels took away the souls of the unbelievers, striking them on their faces and backs, saying: ´Taste the torment of burning

Fode Drame

If only you see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved and they smite their faces and their backs [saying] “Taste the punishment of the blazing fire.”

Sher Ali

And if thou couldst see when the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve, smiting their faces and their backs and saying: `Taste ye the punishment of burning

Hamid S. Aziz

If you could see how the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve, smiting them on their faces and hinder parts, saying, "Taste you the torment of burning

Rashad Khalifa

If you could only see those who disbelieved when the angels put them to death! They will beat them on their faces and their rear ends: "Taste the retribution of Hell.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And if you could only see as the angels terminate the lives of those who have rejected, they strike their faces and their backs: "Taste the punishment of the blazing Fire!"

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And if you could see the Angels as they take up the ones who disbelieved, striking their faces and their hind parts and (saying), "Taste the torment of the burning."

Dr. Kamal Omar

And if you see when the angels bring death over those who have disbelieved: they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): “And taste the punishment of the blazing Fire

Safi Kaskas

If you could only see how it will be when the angels retrieve the unbelievers' souls, they will beat them on their faces and backs and [will say], "Experience the pain of burning

Mir Aneesuddin

And if you could (only) see, when the angels take back (cause to die) those who do not believe, striking their faces and their backs and (saying), "Taste the punishment of burning.

Muhammad Sarwar

Would that you could have seen the angels taking the souls of the unbelievers away from their bodies and smiting their faces and their backs saying, "Suffer the burning torment

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Only if you were to see (them) when the angels take out the souls of those who disbelieve, beating their faces and their backs, and (saying) .Taste the punishment of the flaming Fire

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

If thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of the Unbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the penalty of the blazing Fire

Munir Mezyed

If you could see, when the ‘Angels’ take away the souls of those who lack Faith (in Allâh ), how they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the punishment of the inferno!”

N J Dawood 2014

If you could see the angels when they carry off the souls of the unbelievers! They shall strike them on their faces and their backs, saying: ‘Taste the torment of the Conflagration

Shabbir Ahmed

Only if you could perceive how the rejecters leave this world, as the angels put them to death. It is as if they are smiting their faces and backs, "Taste the doom of burning."

Abdel Haleem

If only you [Prophet] could see, when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers, how they strike their faces and backs: it will be said, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire

Wahiduddin Khan

If you could see, when the angels take the souls of those who are bent on denying the truth [at death], how they strike their faces and backs: saying Taste the punishment of the Burning

Ali Ünal

If you could but see how it will be when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieve, striking them on the faces and the backs, and (saying): "Taste the punishment of the scorching Fire

Hilali - Khan

And if you could see when the angels take away the souls of those who disbelieve (at death), they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the punishment of the blazing Fire."

Mohammad Shafi

And if you could see the angels causing those who suppress the Truth to die, you would see them (angels) smiting their faces and their backs, and saying, "Taste the torment of the Fire!"

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And if thou wouldst see when those who were ungrateful are called to themselves by the angels, they are striking their faces and their backs saying: Experience the punishment of the burning.

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And if you see/understand when the angels make those who disbelieved die, they strike/beat their faces/fronts and their backs/ends, and (they say): "Taste/experience the burning torture."

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire

Abdul Hye

And if you could only see when the angels were taking away souls (at death) of those who disbelieve! They were smiting their faces and their backs, (saying): “Taste the punishment of the blazing fire.

MunirMezyed2023

And if you could see - when the Angels take away the souls of those who persistently refuse to Yield to the Truth - how they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the punishment the blazing Fire!”

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And you (will wonder) if you see (the spectacle) when the angels take away the souls of the disbelievers. They continue striking their faces and backs (with hammers and say): ‘Taste the torment of the Fire (of Hell).

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And if you could see, when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers (at the time of their death), that they smite their faces and (strike) their backs, (saying): "Taste the Penalty of the burning Fire—

Muhammad Asad

AND IF thou couldst but see [how it will be] when He causes those who are bent on denying the truth to die: the angels will strike their faces: and their backs, and [will say]: "Taste suffering through fir

Dr. Munir Munshey

If only you could see the angels taking full possession (of the souls) of the unbelievers (at the time of their death)! They strike their faces and their backs and say, "Here, taste the punishment of the blazing fire."

Faridul Haque

And if you see the angels when they are removing the souls of the disbelievers, hitting them on their faces and their backs; "Taste more of the punishment of the fire!" (Punishment in the grave is proven by this verse.

Bijan Moeinian

If you could only see how the angels would treat the disbelievers who had been killed in the battle [of Badr] They would slap their faces and kick their rear end saying: “Now is the time that you face the Fire that [you used to deny.]