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Muhammad Asad
When they are cast into that [hell], they will hear its breath indrawing as it boils up
Arthur John Arberry
When they are cast into it they will hear it sighing, the while it boil
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth
Source Arabic and Literal tools
Transliteration-2
idhā ul'qū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqan wahiya tafūr
Word by Word (2021)
When they are thrown therein, they will hear from it an inhaling while it boils up.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
When they are cast into that [hell], they will hear its breath indrawing as it boils up
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth
Mustafa Khattab 2018
When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over,
Safi Kaskas 2025
When they are thrown into it, they will hear it roaring, as it seethes.
Wahiduddin Khan
When they are cast into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils up
Shakir
When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
When they were cast down into it, they would hear it sighing while it is boiling
T.B.Irving
As they are flung into it, they will hear it gasping as it seethes,
Abdul Hye
When they will be cast in the fire, they will hear the (terrible) drawing of its breath as it blazes out.
Saeed Malik
When they are cast into it, they will hear a gasping to it, while it flares,
The Study Quran
When they are cast therein, they will hear it blaring as it boils over
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
When they are thrown into it, they hear it gasping as it boils over.
Talal Itani (2012)
When they are thrown into it, they will hear it roaring, as it seethes
Dr. Kamal Omar
When they are cast therein, they heard it roaring wildly and it comes in turmoil
M. Farook Malik
When they will be plunged into its fire, they shall hear its roaring and boiling
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
When they are cast into it, they will hear it sighing, as it is boiling over
Muhammad Sarwar
When they are thrown into hell, they will hear its roaring while it boils
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
When they will be thrown in it, they will hear a terrible sound from it, and it will be boiling
Shabbir Ahmed
When they are flung into Hell, they will hear and feel its fury as it fumes
Dr. Munir Munshey
As they are hurled into hell, they would hear it shriek and scream (in anger); it would boil over furiously, as it blazes
Syed Vickar Ahamed
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) sighing of its breath even as it blazes forth
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
When they are cast therein, they hear its furor as it boils.
Abdel Haleem
They will hear it drawing in its breath when they are thrown in. It blazes forth
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
When they will be cast thereinto, they will hear thereof a braying even as it balleth up
Ahmed Ali
When they are cast into it, they will hear it roar and raging
Aisha Bewley
When they are flung into it they will hear it gasping harshly as it seethes.
Ali Ãœnal
When they are cast into it, they will hear its raucous breath (by which they are sucked in) as it boils up
Ali Quli Qara'i
When they are thrown in it, they hear it blaring, as it seethes
Hamid S. Aziz
When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud gasp as it swells
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When they are thrown in it, they hear howling from it while it boils.
Bilal Muhammad 2018
When they are cast therein, they will hear the drawing in of its breath as it blazes forth
Musharraf Hussain
When they are thrown into it, they will hear roaring as Hell boils bubbling noisily,
Maududi
When they will be cast into it, they will hear it roar as it boils
Mohammad Shafi
When they are flung therein they hear it roar as it boils up
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
When they shall be thrown in it, they will hear the braying as it boils up.
Rashad Khalifa
When they get thrown therein, they hear its furor as it fumes.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When they are cast into it they shall hear it sighing, while it boil
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When they are cast therein, they will hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
When they were thrown in it, they heard for it loud inhalation/loud noise and it, it boils with anger
Bijan Moeinian
Anytime that the disbelievers are thrown into Hell they will hear its roaring as it boils up
Faridul Haque
They will hear it hissing when they will be thrown into it, and it is boiling
Sher Ali
When they are cast therein, they will hear it roaring as it boils up
Edip Yuksel
When they are thrown therein, they hear its furor as it boils.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
When they will be flung into it, they will hear its horrifying roar. And that (Fire) will be boiling (with rage)
Amatul Rahman Omar
When they are cast therein they will hear its roaring and a loud moaning while it heaves up (boiling with them)
Hilali - Khan
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath as it blazes forth
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
When they are cast into it they will hear it sighing, the while it boil
George Sale
When they shall be thrown thereinto, they shall hear it bray like an ass; and it shall boil
Edward Henry Palmer
When they shall be cast therein they shall hear its braying as it boils
John Medows Rodwell
When they shall be thrown into it, they shall hear it braying: and it shall boil
N J Dawood 2014
When they are flung therein, they shall hear it roaring and seething, as though bursting with rage
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
When (Izaa) they are thrown (Ul'qu') therein (Fiiha), they will hear it (Samiu' Laha) inhaling (Shahiiqan) as (Wa) it (Hiya) boils up (Tafuur),
Fode Drame
And when they are cast therein they will hear it groaning while it boils up.
MunirMezyed2023
When they are cast into Hellfire, they will hear it terribly roaring as it boils.
Mustaqim
When they are thrown in it they hear it gulping and bubble up.
Linda "iLham" Barto
When they are thrown into it, they will hear the heaving of its breath, even as it blazes forth.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
When they are thrown into it, they hear it roaring as it seethes—
Irving/Hegab
As they are flung into it, they will hear it gasping as it seethes,
Samy Mahdy
If they were thrown into it, they heard for it inhale while it boils up.
Qarai
When they are thrown in it, they hear it blaring, as it seethes,
Ahmed Hulusi
When they are cast into it, they will hear it rumble as it boils up and gushes!
Mubarakpuri
When they are cast therein, they will hear its Shahiq while it is simmering.
A. S. Mohamed
When they are thrown into it, they hear from it an inhaling as it seethes.
Mir Aneesuddin
When they will be thrown into it, they will hear its roaring and it will blaze,
[Al-Muntakhab]
When cast therein they hear it breathing vengeance with fierceness and rage
The Wise Quran Project
When they shall be thrown in it, they will hear for it sobbing while it boils.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath even as it blazes forth
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
When they are cast therein, they hear its furor as it boils
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
When they are thrown therein, they hear its furor as it boils
OLD Word by Word
When they are thrown therein, they will hear from it an inhaling while it boils up
Transliteration
Itha olqoo feeha samiAAoo laha shaheeqan wahiya tafooru