51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

يَوْمَ هُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ يُفْتَنُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

51: 13.  (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire!

ذُوقُوا فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

51: 14.  "Taste ye your trial! this is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"

C4997. They used to say scoffingly, "if there is to be punishment for our sins, let it come at once!"

When it comes, they will know what a terrible thing it is! Cf. 26:204, n. 3230.

Asad’s Version:

51:13 [It will be] a Day when they will be sorely tried by the fire, 8

(51:14) [and will be told:] "Taste this your trial! It is this that you were so hastily asking for! '"

[[Asad’s note - 8 This "trial (fitnah) by the fire" is in tune with several Qur'anic allusions to the effect that the otherworldly suffering described as "hell" is not to be eternal: see in this connection note 1 14 on 6:128, note 10 on 40:12 and note 53 on 43:74 ]]