Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:20

11:20

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ يُضَـٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ

ulāika lam yakūnū muʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamā kāna lahum min dūni l-lahi min awliyāa yuḍāʿafu lahumu l-ʿadhābu mā kānū yastaṭīʿūna l-samʿa wamā kānū yub'ṣirūna

Those were not causing failure [to Allāh] on earth, nor did they have besides Allāh any protectors. For them the punishment will be multiplied. They were not able to hear, nor did they see.

— Saheeh International

They will not escape on earth, and there will be no one other than God to protect them. Their punishment will be doubled. They could not hear, and they did not see.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

By no means will they escape (from Allâh’s Torment) on earth, nor have they protectors besides Allâh! Their torment will be doubled! They could not bear to hear (the preachers of the truth) and they used not to see (the truth because of their severe aversion, in spite of the fact that they had the sense of hearing and sight).

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

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Word by Word

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَمْlamnot
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūwill be
مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna(able to) escape
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانَkānais
لَهُمlahumfor them
مِّنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنْminany
أَوْلِيَآءَۘawliyāaprotectors
يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafuAnd will be doubled
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْعَذَابُۚl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مَاmāNot
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaable
ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa(to) hear
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūnasee