Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:90 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And if one happens to be of those who have attained to righteousness

Arthur John Arberry

and if he be a Companion of the Right

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand

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Arabic

وَأَمَّاۤ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَـٰبِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩٠

Transliteration (2021)

wa-ammā in kāna min aṣḥābi l-yamīn

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

And if he was of (the) companions (of) the right,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And if one happens to be of those who have attained to righteousness

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand

M. M. Pickthall

And if he is of those on the right hand

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And if the deceased is one of the people of the right,

Wahiduddin Khan

and if he is of those who are on the Right

Safi Kaskas

And if he was from those on the right

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And if he had been of the Companions of the Right,

T.B.Irving

while if he is one of the Companions on the Right:

Shakir

And if he is one of those on the right hand

Saeed Malik

And in case, if he be of the members of the Right--

Abdul Hye

Yet if the dying person be of those on the right hand,

The Study Quran

And if one be among the companions of the right

Talal Itani (2012)

And if he is one of those on the Right

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

If he is among the companions of the right.

M. Farook Malik

And if he be one of the right hand

Dr. Kamal Omar

So if it is, if he became of the Rightists

Dr. Munir Munshey

While if the (dying) person is among those of the right (side)

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And if he is one of the people of the right.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And if he be of the companions of the right hand

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And if he was of the companions of the right

Muhammad Sarwar

If it is of the people of the right hand

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And in case he is from among the People of the Right

Shabbir Ahmed

And thus he is of the blessed ones

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And as for him who in case he is of the companions of the Right

Hamid S. Aziz

And if he is one of those on the Right Hand

Abdel Haleem

if he is one of those on the Right

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And if he be of the fellows on the right hand

Ahmed Ali

If he is of those of the right hand

Aisha Bewley

And if he is one of the Companions of the Right,

Ali Ünal

If he is of the people of the Right (the people of happiness and prosperity who will receive their Records in their right hands)

Ali Quli Qara'i

And if he be of the People of the Right Hand

Musharraf Hussain

And if they are from the people of the right hand,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And if he is of the companions of the right hand

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And if he is among associates of the right hand (the fortunate),

Maududi

And if he is one of the People on the Right

Mohammad Shafi

And if he is one of the People on the Right

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And if he be of those on the right side,

Rashad Khalifa

And if he is one of the right -

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

If he is a Companion of the Right

Faridul Haque

And if he is of those on the right,

Bijan Moeinian

If he is a part of the people of the right hand, he will be greeted with “peace be with you” by the

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if he is one of those on the right hand

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

But/as for if (he) was from the right (hand's) owners/company/friends

Sher Ali

And if he be of those of the right hand

Edip Yuksel

If he is one of the people of the right.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And if he was of those on the Right Hand

Amatul Rahman Omar

And if he (- the departed person) belongs to the blessed people

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And if he (the dying person) be of those on the Right Hand

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

If he is one of those on the right hand

Arthur John Arberry

and if he be a Companion of the Right

Edward Henry Palmer

Or, if he be of the fellows of the right

George Sale

Or whether he be of the companions of the right hand

John Medows Rodwell

Yea, for him who shall be of the people of the right hand

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) if (Ammaa In) he was (Kaana) of (Min') the companions (As'haabi) of the right (El'Yamiin),

Fode Drame

And if he is of the people of the right hand.

Munir Mezyed

But if he is one of those on the right hand,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

If he/she is among the companions of the right:…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And if he is one of the fellows of the right,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And if he was of the companions on the right,

Samy Mahdy

And if he was from the companions of the right.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

while if he is one of the Companions on the Right:

Ali Quli Qarai

And if he be of the People of the Right Hand,

Ahmed Hulusi

If he is of the people of the right,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And if he be of those on the right,

A. S. Mohamed

And if he is of the companions of the Right,

Mir Aneesuddin

And if he is from among the companions of the right hand,

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

And if he or she is among those who had dearly earned the disposition on the right

The Wise Quran Project

And as for if he is of the fellows of the right,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And if he is one of the people of the right.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And if he is one of the people of the right

OLD Literal Word for Word

And if he was of (the) companions (of) the right

OLD Transliteration

Waamma in kana min as-habi alyameeni

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