On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do." (Al-'Ankabut [29] : 55)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
on the Day when the punishment will envelop them from above them and from under their feet and He (Allah) will say, “Taste what you used to do.”
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
on the Day the punishment will overwhelm them from above them and from below their feet. And it will be said, “Reap what you sowed.”
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
on the Day when the punishment will overwhelm them from above and from below their feet, and He will say, “Taste [the punishment] for what you used to do!”
4 A. J. Arberry
Upon the day the chastisement shall overwhelm them from above them and from under their feet, and He shall say, 'Taste now what you were doing!'
5 Abdul Haleem
on the Day when punishment overwhelms them from above and from below their very feet, and they will be told, ‘Now taste the punishment for what you used to do.’
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
On the Day whereon the torment shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He shall say: taste that which ye have been working!
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say; "Taste ye (the fruits) of your deeds!"
8 Abul Ala Maududi
(They will become aware of it) the Day when the chastisement will overwhelm them from above and from under their feet, and He will say to them: “Taste now the consequence of the deeds that you used to commit.”
9 Ahmed Ali
The day the punishment comes upon them from above and underneath their feet, (God will) say: "And now taste of what you had done."
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
The day when the punishment will envelop them from above them and from below their feet, and He will say, “Taste the flavour of your deeds!”
11 Ali Quli Qarai
on the day when the punishment envelopes them, from above them and from under their feet, and He will say, ‘Taste what you used to do!’
12 Ali Ünal
On that Day the suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, and (God) will say to them: "Taste now what you used to do (in the world)!"
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
(It shall be) the day when the punishment will overwhelm them from above their heads and (will come upon them) from below their feet. And He will say, `Suffer the consequences of your (evil) deeds.´
14 English Literal
A day/time the torture covers/afflicts them from above them, and from below/beneath their feet, and He/it says: "Taste/experience what you were making/doing
15 Faridul Haque
The day when the punishment will envelop them from above them and from below their feet, and He will say, “Taste the flavour of your deeds!”
16 Hamid S. Aziz
On the Day when the Doom (or Wrath) shall overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say, "Taste that which you have done
17 Hilali & Khan
On the Day when the torment (Hell-fire) shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do."
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
And they ask thee to hasten on the chastisement. And had not a term been appointed, the chastisement would certainly have come to them. And certainly it will come to them all of a sudden, while they perceive not.
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
On the day when the chastisement shall cover them from above them, and from beneath their feet; and He shall say: Taste what you did.
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
On the day when the doom will overwhelm them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He will say: Taste what ye used to do!
21 Muhammad Sarwar
They will be told on the Day of Judgment, when the torment will surround them from all sides, "Suffer the consequences of your deeds."
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
On the Day the punishment shall cover them from above them and from beneath their feet, He shall say: 'Taste now what you were doing'
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
On the Day when the torment shall cover them from above them and from beneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do."
24 Wahiduddin Khan
On the Day the punishment envelops them from above them and from underneath their feet, they will be told, "Taste [the punishment] for what you used to do!"
25 Talal Itani
On the Day when the punishment will envelop them, from above them, and from beneath their feet, He will say, “Taste what you used to do!”
26 Tafsir jalalayn
on the Day when the chastisement shall envelop them from above them and from under their feet, and We shall say, thereat (read [the verb] as naqlu, in other words, `We shall command that it be said; or [if read] yaqlu, `he shall say', namely, the one in charge of [meting out] chastisement), `Taste now what you used to do!', that is, [taste] the requital for it, as you will not be able to elude Us.
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful pushing. This is the Fire which you used to deny. Is this magic or do you not see!
Enter you therein (taste you therein its heat) and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the same. You are only being requited for what you used to do. (52;13-16
28 English Literal
A day/time the torture covers/afflicts them from above them, and from below/beneath their feet, and He/it says: "Taste/experience what you were making/doing
29 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
The Day shall come when the torment laid upon the damned hangs over their heads and is carpeted under their feet. There and then, they are told: "Taste the fatal consequence of your deeds