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Muhammad Asad
until certainty came upon us [in death]."
Arthur John Arberry
till the Certain came to us.' -
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Source Arabic and Literal tools
Transliteration-2
ḥattā atānā l-yaqīn
Word by Word (2021)
Until, came to us the certainty."
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
until certainty came upon us [in death]."
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Till the Inevitable came unto us
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
Mustafa Khattab 2018
until the inevitable came to us.”
Safi Kaskas 2025
until the Certain End came upon us."
Wahiduddin Khan
until the Inevitable End [death] overtook us
Shakir
Till death overtook us
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
until the certainty of the Hour approached us.
T.B.Irving
until [its] certainty came home to us."
Abdul Hye
until there came to us the certainty (death).”
Saeed Malik
until the certainty was upon us.”
The Study Quran
until certainty came upon us.
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
"Until the certainty came to us."
Talal Itani (2012)
Until the Inevitable came upon us.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
until there came to us the Certainty (i.e., the moment of death).”
M. Farook Malik
until death overtook us."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Until the Certitude came up to us."
Muhammad Sarwar
until death approached us"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
until when we were overtaken by that which is certain
Shabbir Ahmed
"Till the inevitable Truth came unto us."
Dr. Munir Munshey
"Till the inevitable (death) came upon us!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Until there came upon us (the Hour) that is certain."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Until there came to us the certainty."
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
Until the certainty came to us.
Abdel Haleem
until the Certain End came upon us.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
until there came to us the certainty
Ahmed Ali
Until the certainty (of death) had come upon us
Aisha Bewley
until the Certain came to us.´
Ali Ãœnal
"Until what is certain to come did come upon us."
Ali Quli Qara'i
until death came to us.’
Hamid S. Aziz
"Till the inevitable event (death) overtook us."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
until the certainty (of death) came to us.”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
“Until there came to us that which is certain.
Musharraf Hussain
until the inevitable, certain, death came to us.”
Maududi
until the inevitable event overtook us."
Mohammad Shafi
"Until there came to us the Certainty."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Until death over took us.
Rashad Khalifa
"Until certainty came to us now."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
till the certainty (death) overtook us.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Till the inevitable overtook us
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Until the assurance/certainty (death) came to us
Bijan Moeinian
“Till we faced the Day of Judgment.”
Faridul Haque
“Till death overcame us.”
Sher Ali
`Until death overtook us.
Edip Yuksel
"Until the certainty came to us."
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Until that (death), which was certain to come, came upon us.
Amatul Rahman Omar
`Till death overtook us.
Hilali - Khan
"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
till the Certain came to us.' -
George Sale
until death overtook us
Edward Henry Palmer
until the certainty did come to us!
John Medows Rodwell
Till the certainty came upon us"
N J Dawood 2014
till the Inevitable claimed us.‘
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
until (Hattaa) the certainty (102:5) (El’Yaqiin) came to us (Ataa-naa)."
Fode Drame
until the certitude [death] came upon us.”
MunirMezyed2023
Till the inevitable reality- (death)- overtook us.”
Mustaqim
Until certainty reached us.
Linda "iLham" Barto
…until the certainty [of death] came upon us.”
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
until the certitude (of death) came to us.”
Irving/Hegab
until [its] certainty came home to us."
Samy Mahdy
Until, certainty came to us.”
Qarai
until death came to us.’
Ahmed Hulusi
“Until finally there came to us certainty (confrontation of the reality)!”
Mubarakpuri
"Until Al-Yaqin came to us."
A. S. Mohamed
until we attained certainty."
Mir Aneesuddin
till (death) which is certain came to us.”
[Al-Muntakhab]
" Until we were caught in the jaws of death and were affronted with reality"
The Wise Quran Project
Until the certainty came to us.'
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Until the certainty came to us."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"Until the certainty came to us."
OLD Word by Word
Until, came to us the certainty.
Transliteration
Hatta atana alyaqeenu