Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:10

37:10

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].

— Saheeh International

if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Except such as snatch away something by stealing, and they are pursued by a flaming fire of piercing brightness.

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

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Word by Word

إِلَّاillāExcept
مَنْman(him) who
خَطِفَkhaṭifasnatches
ٱلْخَطْفَةَl-khaṭfata(by) theft
فَأَتْبَعَهُۥfa-atbaʿahubut follows him
شِهَابٌۭshihābuna burning flame
ثَاقِبٌۭthāqibunpiercing