11. Hud Verse 99 - Al-Quran: English Word by Word

وَاُتْبِعُوْا فِيْ هٰذِهٖ لَعْنَةً وَّيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۗ بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُوْدُ ( هود: ٩٩ )

wa-ut'biʿū

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟

And they were followed

fī

فِى

hādhihi

هَٰذِهِۦ

this

laʿnatan

لَعْنَةً

(by) a curse

wayawma

وَيَوْمَ

and (on the) Day

l-qiyāmati

ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِۚ

(of) the Resurrection

bi'sa

بِئْسَ

Wretched

l-rif'du

ٱلرِّفْدُ

(is) the gift

l-marfūdu

ٱلْمَرْفُودُ

which (will) be given

Wa utbi'oo fee haazihee la'natanw wa Yawmal Qiyaamah; bi'sar rifdul marfood (Hūd 11:99)

Sahih International:

And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given. (Hud [11] : 99)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

The curse was made to pursue them here and on the Day of Judgement. It is the evil reward to be offered.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَأُتْبِعُواْ فِي هَـذِهِ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

They were pursued by a curse in this (deceiving life of this world) and (so they will be pursued by a curse) on the Day of Resurrection.

meaning, `We have made them to be followed by something more than the punishment of the Fire and that is their being cursed in this life.'

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

بِيْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ

and on the Day of Resurrection, evil is the gift granted.

Mujahid said,

"Another curse will be added to them on the Day of Resurrection, so these are two curses."

Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn Abbas said,
بِيْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ
(evil indeed is the gift granted).

"The curse of this life and the Hereafter."

Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah both said the same thing.

This is similar to Allah's statement,

وَجَعَلْنَـهُمْ أَيِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيـمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

وَأَتْبَعْنَـهُم فِى هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ القِيَـمَةِ هُمْ مِّنَ الْمَقْبُوحِينَ

And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire;and on the Day of Resurrection, they will not be helped. And We made a curse to follow them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection, they will be among the despised. (28;41-42)

Allah also says,

النَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوّاً وَعَشِيّاً وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُواْ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ

The Fire, they are exposed to it, morning and afternoon. And on the Day when the Hour will be established (it will be said to the angels);"Cause Fir`awn's people to enter the severest torment!" (40;46)

Hud Verse 99