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Quran 16:33

Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), verse 33 of 128 · Juz 14

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Translations of Quran 16:33
EnglishTalal Itani

Are they but waiting for the angels to come to them, or for the command of your Lord to arrive? Those before them did likewise. Allah did not wrong them, but they used to wrong their own souls.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

Await they aught say that the angels should come unto them or thy Lord's command should come to pass? Even so did those before them. Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves,

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

O kâfirler başka değil ancak kendilerine o meleklerin gelmesine veya Rabbının emri gelmesine bakarlar, onlardan evvelkiler de böyle yaptılar ve onlara Allah zulmetmedi ve lâkin kendileri nefislerine zulmediyorlardı

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Les infidèles attendent-ils que les anges les surprennent, ou que les arrêts de Dieu s’accomplissent ? Ainsi ont agi leurs devanciers. Ce n’est pas à Dieu qu’ils ont fait du mal, mais à eux-mêmes.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Verwachten de ongeloovigen iets anders dan dat de engelen tot hen komen, om hunne zielen van hunne lichamen te scheiden, of dat het besluit van hunnen Heer op hen worde uitgevoerd? Zoo handelen zij die vóór hen waren en God handelde niet onrechtvaardig nopens hen, door hen te verdelgen: maar zij handelden onrechtvaardig met hunne eigene zielen.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Gl’infedeli aspettano forse che gli angeli li sorprendano, o che i decreti di Dio si eseguiscano? Così hanno fatto i loro antenati; non han fatto alcun male a Dio, ma a loro medesimi.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.