Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:84 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

the while you are [helplessly] looking on

Arthur John Arberry

and that hour you are watchin

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And ye the while (sit) looking on,

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Arabic

وَأَنتُمۡ حِینَىِٕذࣲ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٨٤

Transliteration (2021)

wa-antum ḥīna-idhin tanẓurūn

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

And you (at) that time look on,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

the while you are [helplessly] looking on

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And ye the while (sit) looking on,

M. M. Pickthall

And ye are at that moment looking

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

while you are looking on?

Wahiduddin Khan

and you are [at that moment] looking on [helplessly]

Safi Kaskas

and yoou are at that time looking on,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and you are looking on at the time?

T.B.Irving

and you are then observing,

Shakir

And you at that time look on-

Abdul Hye

while you are looking at that moment,

Saeed Malik

a moment when you are merely looking on

The Study Quran

while you are looking o

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

While you are watching.

Talal Itani (2012)

As you are looking on

M. Farook Malik

while you are helplessly watchin

Dr. Kamal Omar

and you are at that moment loohead of state on as a helpless person

Dr. Munir Munshey

At that time, you can do nothing but look on (helplessly)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And you (sit) looking on—

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And you are at that time looking on

Muhammad Sarwar

right before your very eyes

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and you are watching

Shabbir Ahmed

And as you look on

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And you at that while of time (sit) looking on

Hamid S. Aziz

And you the while look on

Abdel Haleem

while you gaze on

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And ye are then looking on

Ahmed Ali

And you wait for the moment (of death)

Aisha Bewley

and you are at that moment looking on —

Ali Ünal

While you are looking on –

Ali Quli Qara'i

and at that moment you are looking o

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And at that moment you look around.

Musharraf Hussain

You watch helplessly?

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

But you just stand there looking on

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and you are watching at that moment,

Maududi

the while you are helplessly watching that he is on the verge of death

Mohammad Shafi

And you are at that time watching [helplessly

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And you are at that time looking on.

Rashad Khalifa

you will then look around.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and you are watching at that tim

Faridul Haque

Whereas you watch at that moment

Bijan Moeinian

And you see that the person is dying

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And you at that time look on -

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And you are at that time looking/watching

Sher Ali

And you are at that moment looking on

Edip Yuksel

At that moment you look around.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And you are at that time looking on (helplessly)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And at that moment, you do nothing but helplessly look on

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And you at the moment are looking on

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

--(translation missing in source)-

Arthur John Arberry

and that hour you are watchin

Edward Henry Palmer

and ye at that time look on

George Sale

and ye at the same time are looking on

John Medows Rodwell

And when ye are gazing at him

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) you (p) (Antum') are at that time (Hiinaizin) looking (Tanzuruun)?

Fode Drame

While you at that moment look on [helplessly].

Munir Mezyed

You are at the moment looking on (helplessly),

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And you look on,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…while you are looking on?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and you are at that moment looking on,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and you are then observing,

Samy Mahdy

And you at that time look on.

Ali Quli Qarai

and at that moment you are looking on [at his bedside]

Ahmed Hulusi

You will be left (helpless)!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And you at the moment are looking,

A. S. Mohamed

with you at that moment looking on,

Mir Aneesuddin

and you are at that time looking on (waiting),

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

And you are then on the watch for what is expected, but unable to avert the inevitable

The Wise Quran Project

And you at that time are looking,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And ye the while (sit) looking on,

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And at that moment you look around.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And at that moment you look around

OLD Literal Word for Word

And you (at) that time look on

OLD Transliteration

Waantum heena-ithin tanthuroona

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