And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, "Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment." (Ghafir [40] : 49)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Jahannam (Hell), “Pray to your Lord to lighten the punishment for us some day.”
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And those in the Fire will cry out to the keepers of Hell,[[ The verse does not say “Those in the Fire will cry out to its keepers,” simply because there are levels in the Fire: those in higher levels will plead to the keepers of the depths of Hell to appeal to Allah to lighten the punishment even for one day, since they think they are better than those at the bottom. ]] “Pray to your Lord to lighten the torment for us ˹even˺ for one day!”
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
Those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, “Pray to your Lord to lighten for us the punishment for just one day.”
4 A. J. Arberry
And those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna, 'Call on your Lord, to lighten for us one day of the chastisement!'
5 Abdul Haleem
Those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, ‘Ask your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day,’
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And those in the Fire will say Unto the keepers of Hell: supplicate your Lord that He may lighten for us a day of the torment.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell; "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!"
8 Abul Ala Maududi
Those suffering in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell: “Call upon your Lord to lighten the chastisement for us just for a day.”
9 Ahmed Ali
Those in the Fire will say to the warders of Hell: "Ask your Lord to reduce the punishment by a day for us."
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
And those who are in the fire said to its guards, “Pray to your Lord to decrease the punishment upon us for one day.”
11 Ali Quli Qarai
Those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of hell, ‘Invoke your Lord to lighten for us [at least] a day’s punishment.’
12 Ali Ünal
Those who are in the Fire will cry to the keepers of Hell: "Call upon your Lord that He may lighten the punishment for us for one day (at least)."
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
And those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Gehenna, `Call to your Lord that He may relieve us of our agony for a while.´
14 English Literal
And those in the fire said to Hell`s safe keepers: "Call your Lord, (to) reduce/lighten from us a day from the torture
15 Faridul Haque
And those who are in the fire said to its guards, “Pray to your Lord to decrease the punishment upon us for one day.”
16 Hamid S. Aziz
And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of Hell, "Call upon your Lord that He may lighten to us one day of this punishment
17 Hilali & Khan
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
Those who were proud say: Now we are all in it: Allah has indeed judged between the servants.
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
And those who are in the fire shall say to the keepers of hell: Call upon your Lord that He may lighten to us one day of the punishment.
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment.
21 Muhammad Sarwar
The dwellers of hell fire will ask its keepers, "Pray to your Lord to relieve us from the torment at least for one day".
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna (Hell): 'Call your Lord to lessen our punishment for one day'
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: "Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"
24 Wahiduddin Khan
Those in the Fire will say to its keepers, "Implore your Lord to relieve our torment for one day,"
25 Talal Itani
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, “Call to your Lord to lessen our suffering for one day.”
26 Tafsir jalalayn
And those who are in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, `Call on your Lord that He relieve us of [at least] a day, in other words, the equivalent of one day, of the chastisement!'
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell;"Call upon your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!"
They know that Allah will not answer them and will not listen to their prayer, because He said,
اخْسَيُواْ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ
Remain you in it with ignominy! And speak you not to Me! (23;108),
so they will ask the keepers of Hell, who are like jailers watching over the people of Hell, to pray to Allah to lessen the Fire for them if only for one day. But the keepers of Hell will refuse, saying to them
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
And there shall the inmates of Hell say to the sentinels who keep guard: "Would you invoke Allah your Creator to ease our anguish and torture just for one day
القرآن الكريم - غافر٤٠ :٤٩ Gafir 40:49 Ghafir,Al-Fadhl