Taha Verse 103

They will whisper among themselves, “You stayed no more than ten days ˹on the earth˺.”

They will whisper with one another, “You stayed no more than ten days [on earth].”

whispering one to another, 'You have tarried only ten nights.'

they will murmur to one another, ‘You stayed only ten days [on earth]’-

Mutterin among themselves: ye tarried not save ten days.

In whispers will they consult each other; "Yet tarried not longer than ten (Days);

They shall whisper among themselves: "You stayed on the earth barely ten days."

Whispering to one another: "You have tarried but ten days."

Whispering secretly among themselves, “You have not stayed on earth but for ten days.”

They will whisper to one another: ‘You have stayed only for ten [days].’

They whisper among themselves: "You stayed in the world only ten (days)."

They will talk one to another in a hushed voice (consulting together and planning in secret and saying,) `You have lived only for ten (centuries).´

They converse quietly between them, that you stayed/remained except ten

Whispering secretly among themselves, "You have not stayed on earth but for ten days."

They shall whisper to each other, "You have only tarried ten days

In whispers will they speak to each other (saying): "You stayed not longer than ten (days)."

The day when the trumpet is blown; and We shall gather the guilty, blue-eyed, on that day,

They shall consult together secretly: You did tarry but ten (centuries).

Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days).

They will slowly talk to each other and say, "Our life on earth was as short as ten days".

and they shall murmur among themselves: 'You have stayed away but ten (days and nights)'

They will speak in a very low voice to each other (saying): "You stayed not longer than ten."

and they shall murmur to one another, "You stayed only ten days on the earth" --

Murmuring among themselves: “You have lingered only for ten.”

They will whisper to one another, speaking secretly amongst themselves; `You have tarried, in this world, only ten nights', with the [full ten] days.

يَتَخَافَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ

They will speak in a very low voice to each other.

Ibn Abbas said,

"This means whispering among themselves."

This means that some of them will be saying to others,

إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ عَشْرًا



You stayed not longer than ten.

meaning in the abode of the worldly life, you only tarried there for a little while. The time was equivalent to ten days or so.

Allah, the Exalted, then says

They whisper to each other guessing their duration in life below and some think it was so short that it could not have been more than ten days