Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran

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Roman Translition of the Arabic Source
Transliteration		Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri	⇨

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad	“Taste, then, the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!”	⇨
M. M. Pickthall	Now taste My punishment after My warnings!	⇨
Shakir	So taste My chastisement and My warning.	⇨
Yusuf Ali	"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."	⇨
[Al-Muntakhab]	And as foreordained: they tasted My merciless but just retribution for their insolent disregard of My warning.	⇨
[Progressive Muslims]	"Taste My retribution; you have been warned."	⇨
Abdel Haleem	‘Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’	⇨
Abdul Majid Daryabadi	Taste then My torment and My warnings.	⇨
Ahmed Ali	So taste/experience My torture and My warnings/notices.	⇨
Aisha Bewley	‘Taste My punishment and warnings!’	⇨
Ali Ünal	So taste My punishment and (the consequences of) My warnings!	⇨
Ali Quli Qara'i	‘Taste My punishment and My warnings!’	⇨
Amatul Rahman Omar	Now taste My punishment and (suffer the consequences of ignoring) My warning.	⇨
Hamid S. Aziz	"So taste you My chastisement after My warning."	⇨
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali	"So taste My torment and My warnings!"	⇨
Muhammad Sarwar	One early morning Our torment brought upon them utter destruction. We said, "Suffer Our torment of which you were warned".	⇨
Muhammad Taqi Usmani	.Now taste My torment and My warnings.	⇨
Shabbir Ahmed	Now taste My retribution after My warnings.	⇨
Syed Vickar Ahamed	"So you taste My Wrath and My Warning."	⇨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)	So taste My punishment and warning.	⇨
Farook Malik	"Taste, then, the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!"	⇨

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian	Suffer my punishment; you have been warned.	⇨
Faridul Haque	“So taste My punishment, and My warnings!”	⇨
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah	'Now, taste My punishment and My warnings! '	⇨
Maulana Muhammad Ali	And certainly they endeavoured to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.	⇨
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira	So now taste My punishment and My commination!	⇨
Sher Ali	`Now taste ye MY punishment and MY warning.'	⇨
Yusuf Ali (org.)	"So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."	⇨
Rashad Khalifa	Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.	⇨

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry	'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings!'	⇨
Edward Henry Palmer	'So taste ye my torment and warning!'	⇨
George Sale	Taste, therefore, my vengeance, and my threatening.	⇨
John Medows Rodwell	[empty verse. see 54:37]	⇨

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