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Surah 21. Al-Anbiya, Ayah 39

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لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ Qur’an Al-Anbiya (21:39)
Law yaAAlamu alla th eena kafaroo h eena l a yakuffoona AAan wujoohihimu a l nn a ra wal a AAan th uhoorihim wal a hum yun s aroon a
If they but knew - they who are bent on deny-ing the truth - [that there will come] a time when they will not be able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor from their backs, and will not find any succour!
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad
They would not have asked this question if only the unbelievers knew the Day when they will be able to protect neither their faces from the fire of hell nor their backs, nor will they be helped!
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
If only the disbelievers knew that a time will come when they will not be able to keep the Fire off their faces or backs, nor will they be helped.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped!
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces nor yet from their backs and (when) no help can reach them! 2700
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They would not be so unreasonable if they only realised the terrible future for them! The Fire will envelop them on all sides, and no help will then be possible. Is it not best for them now to turn and repent? The Punishment may come too suddenly, as is said in the next verse.

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