Quran Ayah al-Qari`ah (The Calamity, The Stunning Blow, The Disaster, The Terrible Calamity) 101:1 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
OH, the sudden calamity
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The (Day) of Noise and Clamour

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الْقَارِعَةُ
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al-qāriʿatu
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The Striking Disaster
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
The Striking Calamity!

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
OH, the sudden calamity
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour
M. M. Pickthall   
The Calamity
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
The Striking Disaster!
Wahiduddin Khan   
The Clatterer
Safi Kaskas   
The striking calamity:
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
The Disaster!
T.B.Irving   
The stunning [blow]!
Shakir   
The terrible calamity
Abdul Hye   
The striking Hour (Qari’ah, the Day of Calamity)!
Saeed Malik   
The Qari'ah
The Study Quran   
The calamity
Talal Itani (2012)   
The Shocker
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
The Striking Calamity.
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
The Shocker.
M. Farook Malik   
The Qariah
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Al-Qariah (The great Calamity)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
That awesome (stunning) disaster
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
The (Day) of Noise and Chaos (of the Calamity)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
The Striking Calamity
Muhammad Sarwar   
The (unprecedented) crash
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
The Striking Event
Shabbir Ahmed   
The Catastrophe
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The Smiter
Hamid S. Aziz   
The calamity
Abdel Haleem   
The Crashing Blow
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The Striking
Ahmed Ali   
THE STARTLING CALAMITY
Aisha Bewley   
The Crashing Blow!
Ali Ünal   
The sudden, mighty strike
Ali Quli Qara'i   
The Catastrophe
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
The Disaster
Musharraf Hussain   
The Sudden Calamity!
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
The pounding disaster.
Maududi   
The Calamity
Mohammad Shafi   
The Sudden Calamity

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The frightening calamity
Rashad Khalifa   
The Shocker
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
The Clatterer (the Day of Judgement)
Faridul Haque   
The event that terrifies the hearts
Bijan Moeinian   
The Great Disaster
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The calamity
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
The resurrection/disaster/calamity
Sher Ali   
The Great Calamity
Edip Yuksel   
The Shocker.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The Disastrous Rattling (of this life as seen in warfare is sure to visit the world)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The high-scale jolt rocking (the whole universe of the heavens and the earth) and thunder
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Al-Qariah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
THE DISASTER
Arthur John Arberry   
The Clatterer
Edward Henry Palmer   
The smiting
George Sale   
The striking
John Medows Rodwell   
THE BLOW

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
The catastrophe (El'Qaariä')*!
Fode Drame   
The loud thunder strike.
Munir Mezyed   
The Calamity!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The Calamity.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The calamity!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
The Shocking Event!
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
The stunning [blow]!
Samy Mahdy   
The Bashing, Disaster.
Sayyid Qutb   
The striker!
Ali Quli Qarai   
The Catastrophe!
Thomas Cleary   
The Calamity!
Ahmed Hulusi   
The Qaria!
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Al-Qari`ah.
A. S. Mohamed   
The Striking Calamity!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
The terrible disaster
Mir Aneesuddin   
The calamity.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
The Big Event of the violent collision of all celestial bodies;
The Wise Quran Project   
The sudden calamity.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Shocker
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Shocker
OLD Literal Word for Word   
The Striking Calamity
OLD Transliteration   
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