Surah Al-Ma'arij (المعارج) • The Ascending Stairways

Quran 70:11

70:11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.

— Saheeh International

even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children,

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

Juz 29Page 569meccan

Word by Word

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْۚyubaṣṣarūnahumThey will be made to see each other
يَوَدُّyawadduWould wish
ٱلْمُجْرِمُl-muj'rimuthe criminal
لَوْlawif
يَفْتَدِىyaftadīhe (could be) ransomed
مِنْminfrom
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
يَوْمِئِذٍۭyawmi-idhin(of) that Day
بِبَنِيهِbibanīhiby his children