اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًاۙ ( النبإ: ٢١ )
mir'ṣādan
مِرْصَادًا
lying in wait
Inna jahan nama kaanat mirsaada (an-Nabaʾ 78:21)
Sahih International:
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait (An-Naba [78] : 21)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
Surely Jahannam (the Hell) lurks in ambush.
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, Hell is lying in ambush
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
Indeed, Hell is lying in wait,
4 A. J. Arberry
Behold, Gehenna has become an ambush,
5 Abdul Haleem
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily the Hell is an ambuscade:
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
8 Abul Ala Maududi
Surely the Hell is an ambush,
9 Ahmed Ali
Certainly Hell lies in wait,
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed hell is lying in ambush.
11 Ali Quli Qarai
Indeed hell is in ambush,
12 Ali Ünal
Surely Hell lies as a place for surveillance,
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
Surely, only Gehenna shall be in wait (for those who deny the truth).
14 English Literal
That truly Hell was/is an observatory/ambuscade
15 Faridul Haque
Indeed hell is lying in ambush.
16 Hamid S. Aziz
Surely hell lies in ambush
17 Hilali & Khan
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush,
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
A resort for the inordinate,
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
Surely hell lies in wait,
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
21 Muhammad Sarwar
Hell will lie in wait (for its prey).
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
Indeed, Gehenna (Hell) has become an ambush,
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush
24 Wahiduddin Khan
Surely, Hell lies in wait,
25 Talal Itani
26 Tafsir jalalayn
Verily Hell lurks in ambush (mirsdan, in the sense of rsidatan or mursidatan, `lying in wait')
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush,
meaning, it is waiting in preparation
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
There and then hell is made to lie in wait
- القرآن الكريم - النبإ٧٨ :٢١
An-Naba' 78:21
Al-Mu'sirat, At-Tasa'ul