فَمَا ٱسْطَٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا
Easy-read (simplified)famaa staa'oo an yazharoohu wamaa stataa'oo lahu naqbaa
DIN 31635famā sṭāʿū ʾan yaẓharūhu wamā staṭāʿū lahu naqban
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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So they were unable to climb it, and they could not penetrate it.
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it)
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
So they could not scale it, and they could not tunnel it
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
And Gog and Magog were not able to scale it, neither were they able to dig through it
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Wherefore, when this wall was finished, Gog and Magog could not scale it, neither could they dig through it
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Kështu, ata nuk mund ta kapërcenin e as ta shponin atë.
এরপর (প্রাচীরটি উঁচু হওয়ায়) তারা প্রাচীরের ওপর দিয়ে অতিক্রম করতে পারলো না এবং (সুদৃঢ় হওয়ায়) নিচ দিয়েও তা (ছিদ্র করে) ভেদ করতে পারলো না।
I tako oni nisu mogli ni preći, niti su ga mogli prokopati.
I tako oni nisu mogli ni preći, niti su ga mogli prokopati.
Ɓe kattantaa ƴellitagol ndi, ɓe hattantaa kadi julgol ndi.
და ვერ შეძლეს [იაჯუჯ-მაჯუჯებმა] მისი გადალახვა და ვერ შეძლეს მისი გახვრეტაც.
So konnten sie (also Ya`juj und Ma`juj) ihn (also den Wall) weder überwinden, noch konnten sie ihn durchbrechen.
Έτσι, δεν μπορούσαν (οι λαοί Γωγ και Μαγώγ) να το υπερνικήσουν, ούτε μπορούσαν να το τρυπήσουν.
फिर उनमें न यह शक्ति रही कि उस पर चढ़ सकें और न वे उसमें कोई छेद कर सके।
Così non riuscirono a scalarla, né riuscirono a sfondarla.
97. Taigi jie [Jadžudž ir Madžudž (Gogas ir Magogas)] negalėjo pašalinti jo arba pro jį prasikasti.
(Ya’ajuujifi Ma’ajuuj) (dheerinna isaatiif) isa irra koruu hin dandeenye; (jalaanis) (jajjabinna isaatiif) isa uruu hin dandeenye.
И они не смогли взобраться на неё и не смогли проделать в ней дыру.
И тако они нису могли ни да га пређу нити су могли да га прокопају.
Basi hawakuweza kukikwea, wala hawakuweza kukitoboa.
[Muren blev färdig, och Gog och Magog] kunde varken ta sig över den eller bryta igenom den.
Artık onu ne aşabildiler, ne de delebildiler.
پس تو ان میں اس دیوار کے اوپر چڑھنے کی طاقت تھی اور نہ ان میں کوئی سوراخ کر سکتے تھے.
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قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا
Easy-read (simplified)qaala maa makkannee feehi rabbee khayrun fa'a'eenoonee biquwwatin aj'al baynakum wabaynahum radmaa
DIN 31635qāla mā makkannī fīhi rabbī ḫayrun faʾaʿīnūnī biquwwatin ʾaǧʿal baynakum wabaynahum radman
He said, "What my Lord has empowered me with is better. But assist me with strength, and I will build between you and them a dam."
He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than your tribute). Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set between you and them a bank
He said, 'What my Lord hath established me in is better; so help me with strength, and I will set between you and them a barrier
He said, "Better than your tribute is the might wherewith my Lord hath strengthened me; but help me strenuously, and I will set a barrier between you and them
He answered, the power wherewith my Lord hath strengthened me, is better than your tribute: But assist me strenuously, and I will set a strong wall between you and them
ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا
Easy-read (simplified)aatoonee zubara l-hadeedi hattaa idhaa saawaa bayna s-sadafayni qaala nfukhoo hattaa idhaa ja'alahu naaran qaala aatoonee ufrigh 'alayhi qitraa
DIN 31635ʾātūnī zubara l-ḥadīdi ḥattā ʾiḏā sāwā bayna ṣ-ṣadafayni qāla nfuḫū ḥattā ʾiḏā ǧaʿalahu nāran qāla ʾātūnī ʾufriġ ʿalayhi qiṭran
"Bring me blocks of iron." So that, when he had leveled up between the two cliffs, he said, "Blow." And having turned it into a fire, he said, "Bring me tar to pour over it."
Give me pieces of iron - till, when he had levelled up (the gap) between the cliffs, he said: Blow! - till, when he had made it a fire, he said: Bring me molten copper to pour thereon
Bring me pigs of iron until they fill up the space between the two mountain sides.' Said he, 'Blow until it makes it a fire.' Said he, 'Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten brass
Bring me blocks of iron," - until when it filled the space between the mountain sides - "Ply," said he, "your bellows," - until when he had made it red with heat (fire), he said, - "Bring me molten brass that I may pour upon it
Bring me iron in large pieces, until it fill up the space between the two sides of these mountains. And he said to the workmen, blow with your bellows, until it make the iron red hot as fire. And he said further, bring me molten brass, that I may pour upon it
18:97 — the verse above
قَالَ هَٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا
Easy-read (simplified)qaala haadhaa rahmatun min rabbee fa'idhaa jaa'a wa'du rabbee ja'alahu dakkaa'a wakaana wa'du rabbee haqqaa
DIN 31635qāla hāḏā raḥmatun min rabbī faʾiḏā ǧāʾa waʿdu rabbī ǧaʿalahu dakkāʾa wakāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqan
He said, "This is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord comes true, He will turn it into rubble, and the promise of my Lord is always true."
He said: This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is true
Said he, 'This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it as dust, for the promise of my Lord is true
This," said he, "is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord shall come to pass, he will turn it to dust; and the promise of my Lord is true
And Dhu'lkarnein said, this is a mercy from my Lord: But when the prediction of my Lord shall come to be fulfilled, he shall reduce the wall to dust; and the prediction of my Lord is true
وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَٰهُمْ جَمْعًا
Easy-read (simplified)wataraknaa ba'dahum yawma'idhin yamooju fee ba'din wanufikha fee s-soori fajama'naahum jam'aa
DIN 31635wataraknā baʿḍahum yawmaʾiḏin yamūǧu fī baʿḍin wanufiḫa fī ṣ-ṣūri faǧamaʿnāhum ǧamʿan
On that Day, We will leave them surging upon one another. And the Trumpet will be blown, and We will gather them together.
And on that day we shall let some of them surge against others, and the Trumpet will be blown. Then We shall gather them together in one gathering
And we left some of them to surge on that day over others, and the trumpet will be blown, and we will gather them together
On that day we will let them dash like billows one over another; and there shall be a blast on the trumpet, and we will gather them together in a body
On that day We will suffer some of them to press tumultuously like waves on others; and the trumpet shall be sounded, and We will gather them in a body together
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْبًا
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