Surah Yunus (يونس) • Jonah

Quran 10:50

10:50

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَتَىٰكُمْ عَذَابُهُۥ بَيَـٰتًا أَوْ نَهَارًا مَّاذَا يَسْتَعْجِلُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

qul ara-aytum in atākum ʿadhābuhu bayātan aw nahāran mādhā yastaʿjilu min'hu l-muj'rimūna

Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Think: if His punishment were to come to you, during the night or day, what part of it would the guilty wish to hasten?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "Tell me, if His torment should come to you by night or by day, which portion thereof would the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals) hasten on ?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumDo you see
إِنْinif
أَتَىٰكُمْatākumcomes to you
عَذَابُهُۥʿadhābuhuHis punishment
بَيَـٰتًاbayātan(by) night
أَوْawor
نَهَارًۭاnahāran(by) day
مَّاذَاmādhāwhat (portion)
يَسْتَعْجِلُyastaʿjiluof it would (wish to) hasten
مِنْهُmin'huof it would (wish to) hasten
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals