Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
hence, how [will they fare] when the angels gather them in death, striking their faces and their backs
Arthur John Arberry
How shall it be, when the angels take them, beating their faces and their backs
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs
Arabic
فَكَیۡفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةُ یَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَـٰرَهُمۡ ٢٧
Transliteration (2021)
fakayfa idhā tawaffathumu l-malāikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa-adbārahu