Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:63 - 70+ Translation Comparison

Popular and/or Featured Works

Muhammad Asad

Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil

Arthur John Arberry

Have you considered the soil you till

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground

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Source Arabic and Literal tools

Arabic

أَفَرَءَیۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ۝٦٣

Transliteration (2021)

afara-aytum mā taḥruthūn

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

And do you see what you sow?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground

M. M. Pickthall

Have ye seen that which ye cultivate

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Have you considered what you sow?

Wahiduddin Khan

Have you thought about what crops you plant

Safi Kaskas

Have you seen what you cultivate?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Considered you the soil that you till?

T.B.Irving

Have you considered what you plant as crops?

Shakir

Have you considered what you sow

Abdul Hye

Do you see (the seed) that you sow (in the ground)?

Saeed Malik

Have you considered what you sow in the ground?

The Study Quran

Have you considered what you reap

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Have you considered what you sow?

Talal Itani (2012)

Have you seen what you cultivate

M. Farook Malik

Have you ever considered the seed that you sow in the ground

Dr. Kamal Omar

Have you then pondered what you sow

Dr. Munir Munshey

Do you ever think about the seeds you sow in the soil

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Do you see the seed that you sow in the ground

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And have you seen that [seed] which you sow

Muhammad Sarwar

Have you seen what you sow

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Well, tell Me about that (seed) which you sow

Shabbir Ahmed

Have you thought of the crops that you cultivate

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Have you then seen (whatever) you till

Hamid S. Aziz

Have you considered what you sow

Abdel Haleem

Consider the seeds you sow in the ground

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold! - that which ye sow

Ahmed Ali

Just ponder over what you sow

Aisha Bewley

Have you thought about what you cultivate?

Ali Ünal

Have you ever considered the seed you sow (in the ground)

Ali Quli Qara'i

Have you considered what you sow

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Have you noted the crops you reap?

Musharraf Hussain

Haven’t you considered what you sow?

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Do you see the seed that you sow in the ground

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

Have you considered what you plant?

Maududi

Have you considered the seeds you till

Mohammad Shafi

Do you see what you sow

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Tell you then, what you sow?

Rashad Khalifa

Have you noted the crops you reap?

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Ponder upon the soil you till

Faridul Haque

So what is your opinion regarding what you sow

Bijan Moeinian

Have you ever thought about the seeds that you sow

Maulana Muhammad Ali

See you what you sow

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

Did you see/understand what you cultivate/plant

Sher Ali

Do you see what you sow

Edip Yuksel

Have you noted the crops you reap?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Have you ever given thought to that which you sow

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Well, give your view: the (seed) that you cultivate

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Tell Me! The seed that you sow in the ground

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Consider the earth you till

Arthur John Arberry

Have you considered the soil you till

Edward Henry Palmer

Have ye considered what ye till

George Sale

What think ye? The grain which ye sow

John Medows Rodwell

What think ye? That which ye sow

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

So (Afa-) have you seen (-rai'tum) that which (Maa) you cultivate (Tah'ruthuun)?

Fode Drame

Have you seen that which you sow?

Munir Mezyed

Have you seen the seed that you sow in the ground?

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Have you considered your harvest?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Do you consider what you cultivate?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

Have you^pl seen what you cultivate?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Have you considered what you plant as crops?

Samy Mahdy

So have you seen what you are tilling?

Ali Quli Qarai

Have you considered what you sow?

Ahmed Hulusi

Did you see what you sowed?

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Do you not see what you sow.

A. S. Mohamed

Have you seen what you sow?

Mir Aneesuddin

Have you seen that which you sow?

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

Do you see the seeds you deposit in the earth so that they may grow

The Wise Quran Project

And have you seen what you sow?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Have you noted the crops you reap?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Have you noted the crops you rea

OLD Literal Word for Word

And do you see what you sow

OLD Transliteration

Afaraaytum ma tahruthoona

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