Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall
Arthur John Arberry
A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
Arabic
سَأَلَ سَاۤىِٕلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ ١
Transliteration (2021)
sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿi