Quran Ayah Sad (The Letter Sad) 38:88 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and you will most certainly grasp its purport after a lapse of time!”

Arthur John Arberry

and you shall surely know its tiding after a while.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."

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Arabic

وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعۡدَ حِینِۭ ۝٨٨

Transliteration (2021)

walataʿlamunna naba-ahu baʿda ḥīni

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And surely you will know its information after a time."

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and you will most certainly grasp its purport after a lapse of time!”

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

"And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."

M. M. Pickthall

And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And you will certainly know its truth before long.”

Wahiduddin Khan

you shall before long know its truth

Safi Kaskas

and you will come to grasp its significance in the fullness of time!"

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and you will, certainly, know its tidings after a while.

T.B.Irving

so you may know its message after a while."

Shakir

And most certainly you will come to know about it after a time

Abdul Hye

and you shall certainly know its news after a while.”

Saeed Malik

And you will surely realize [the truth of] its message when it is time."

The Study Quran

and you will certainly know its tiding after a time.

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

You will surely know its truth after a time.

Talal Itani (2012)

And you will know its message after a while.'

M. Farook Malik

and before long, you will certainly know its truth."

Dr. Kamal Omar

And you shall certainly know (the) news about it after a while, (on the Day of Judgment)

Dr. Munir Munshey

"After a while, you will certainly come to know about it yourself!"

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And you will surely know the truth of it (all) after a while."

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."

Muhammad Sarwar

You will certainly know its truthfulness after a certain time

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And you will come to know its reality after a while

Shabbir Ahmed

And you will most certainly know the Truth of it all after a lapse of time."

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed you will definitely know its tiding after a while."

Hamid S. Aziz

"And you will, in time, come to know the truth thereof."

Abdel Haleem

In time you will certainly come to know its truth.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And ye shall surely come to know the truth thereof after a season

Ahmed Ali

You will come to know its truth in time."

Aisha Bewley

You will come to know what it is talking about after a while.´

Ali Ünal

You will most certainly come to know what it informs of after a time (as appointed for you)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and you will surely learn its tidings in due time.’

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And you will come to know its news after awhile.

Musharraf Hussain

and in due course you will know its truth.”In the name of Allah, the Kind and Caring.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

“And you will certainly know the truth of it all, in due time.

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And you shall know its news after a while.”

Maududi

You will know the truth of the matter after a while."

Mohammad Shafi

"And you will certainly come to know its [Qur'aan's] Message [of the greatest importance] after some time! "

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And you shall surely know its news after a time

Rashad Khalifa

"And you will certainly find out in awhile."

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and after a while you shall know its news.

Faridul Haque

“And you will come to know of its tidings, after a while.”

Bijan Moeinian

“Whether you believe me or not, you will see it yourself soon.”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And certainly you will come to know about it after a time

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And you will know (E) its news/information after a time/period of tim

Sher Ali

`And you shall, surely, know the truth of it after a while,

Edip Yuksel

"You will come to know its news after awhile."

Amatul Rahman Omar

And you shall surely know (the truth of) the news thereof before long.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And you will yourselves come to know its truth after a while.

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

"And you shall certainly know the truth of it after a while."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

in a while you shall learn about it all.‘

Arthur John Arberry

and you shall surely know its tiding after a while.

Edward Henry Palmer

and ye shall surely know its story after a time.

George Sale

And ye shall surely know what is delivered therein to be true, after a season

John Medows Rodwell

And after a time shall ye surely know its message

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

"And (Wa) you will (La) find out (Ta'lamunna) its news (Naba'a-hu) after (Ba'da) a time (Hiin)."

Fode Drame

And you will surely come to know its ascertained news after a little while.

Munir Mezyed

And most surely you will come to know the Truth of it after a while."

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And you will soon know the news of it.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

“You will certainly learn the truth of it after a while.”

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And you^pl will certainly know its tiding after a while.”

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

so you may know its message after a while."

Samy Mahdy

And you will surely know its information after a while."

Sayyid Qutb

and in time you will certainly come to know its truth.'

Ali Quli Qarai

and you will surely learn its tidings in due time.’

Ahmed Hulusi

“You shall understand what it is before long (at the time of death)!”

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

"And you shall certainly know the truth of it after a while."

A. S. Mohamed

and you will certainly understand its significance after a while.

Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli

And you shall certainly know its tiding after a while .

Mir Aneesuddin

and you will definitely come to know (the truth of) the news (given) in it, after a time.”

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

"And you -people- who refuse to acknowledge it shall come to know in due course the truth of its precepts, its premises and promises and of its revelations the cosmic and the spiritual alike"

The Wise Quran Project

And you will surely, definitely know its information after a time.'

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"And you will come to know its news after awhile.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

"And you will come to know its news after awhile."

OLD Literal Word for Word

And surely you will know its information after a time.

OLD Transliteration

WalataAAlamunna nabaahu baAAda heenin

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