Ad-Dukhan Verse 49

˹The wicked will be told,˺ “Taste this. You mighty, noble one![[ Abu Jahl, a Meccan pagan leader, met the warning of punishment in the Hereafter by exclaiming, “How can I be punished when I am the mighty, noble one!”]]

“Taste this. You are surely the mighty and honorable!

'Taste! Surely thou art the mighty, the noble.

‘Taste this, you powerful, respected man!

Taste thou! thou art indeed mighty, honoured!

"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!

Taste this, you are a person mighty and noble!

"Taste it," (they will be told). "You were indeed the mighty and noble!

Saying “Taste it! Indeed you only are the most honourable, the dignified!”

[and tell them,] “Taste this! Indeed you are the [self-styled] mighty and noble!

"Taste! (Only in your own judgment) were you mighty, honorable, and noble.

(It will be said to him,) `Suffer this (punishment of yours which you doubted). You (deemed yourself) as if you were the mighty, the honourable one.

Taste/experience, that you are, you are the glorious/mighty , the honored/generous .

Saying “Taste it! Indeed you only are the most honourable, the dignified!”

"Saying, ´Taste; lo! You were forsooth the mighty, the noble!

"Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous!

Then pour on his head of the torment of boiling water --

Taste; you forsooth are the mighty, the honorable:

(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!

They will be told, "Suffer the torment. You had thought yourselves to be majestic and honorable.

(Saying): 'Taste, surely you are the mighty and noble!

"Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous."

Taste this; you who considered yourself the mighty, the honourable!

Taste! You who were powerful and noble.

And it will be said to him; `Taste!, that is, [taste] the chastisement. Indeed you are the mighty, the noble one!, as you claimed when you used to say, `There is nothing between its two mountains [sc. Mecca] that is mightier or nobler than me!'

Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the generous.

means, they (the keepers of Hell) will say that to him by way of ridicule and rebuke.

Ad-Dahhak reported that Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said;

"This means, you are neither mighty nor generous."

And Allah's saying;

إِنَّ هَذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِ تَمْتَرُونَ