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Muhammad Asad
ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall
Arthur John Arberry
A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
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Transliteration-2
sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿi
Word by Word (2021)
Asked a questioner about a punishment bound to happen
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
Mustafa Khattab 2018
A challenger has demanded a punishment bound to come
Safi Kaskas 2025
An inquirer asked about an impending punishment
Wahiduddin Khan
A doubter once demanded that punishment be immediately meted out
Shakir
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
One who supplicates asked for a punishment that will fall
T.B.Irving
A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen
Abdul Hye
A questioner asked concerning a punishment about to befall
Saeed Malik
A questioner asked about an impending punishment
The Study Quran
A questioner asked about an impending punishmen
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
A questioner asked about a punishment bound to fall.
Talal Itani (2012)
A questioner questioned the imminent torment
Dr. Kamal Omar
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall —
M. Farook Malik
A questioner asked you about the punishment which is bound to happen
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
A questioner asked of a befalling torment
Muhammad Sarwar
Someone has (needlessly) demanded to experience the torment (of God)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall
Shabbir Ahmed
A questioner might ask about the catastrophe that is bound to fall
Dr. Munir Munshey
The skeptics ask about the torment that is bound to land
Syed Vickar Ahamed
A questioner asked about the penalty to befall (yet to happen)—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
Someone asked about the inevitable retribution.
Abdel Haleem
A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
There hath asked an asker for the torment about to befall
Ahmed Ali
AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to com
Aisha Bewley
An inquirer asked about an impending punishment.
Ali Ãœnal
A questioner (in mocking denial of the Day of Resurrection) has asked about the punishment certain to befall
Ali Quli Qara'i
An asker asked for a punishment bound to befall
Hamid S. Aziz
A questioner asked about the chastisement which must befall
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
A questioner asked about a punishment bound to happen.
Bilal Muhammad 2018
A questioner asked about a penalty to befall
Musharraf Hussain
A sceptical questioner demanded a punishment to fall
Maududi
A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement
Mohammad Shafi
A questioner questions punishment that is bound to befall
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
A questioner asks for the torment to befall.
Rashad Khalifa
A questioner may question the inevitable retribution.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall o
Maulana Muhammad Ali
A questioner asks about the chastisement to befall
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
(An) asker/questioner asked/questioned with (about) a falling/landing torture
Bijan Moeinian
Someone asked about the punishment in Hereafter
Faridul Haque
A requester seeks the punishment that will take place
Sher Ali
An inquirer inquires concerning the punishment about to befall
Edip Yuksel
Someone asked about the inevitable retribution.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
A questioner asked for the torment which is sure to come about
Amatul Rahman Omar
A solicitor solicited the punishment which is bound to befall
Hilali - Khan
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall
George Sale
One demanded and called for vengeance to fall on the unbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer
An asker asked for torment that must befall
John Medows Rodwell
A SUITOR sued for punishment to light suddenl
N J Dawood 2014
A SCEPTIC² once demanded that punishment be visite
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
A questioner (Sa'ala) may ask (Saa'ilu) about (Bi) the actual (Waaqie) punishment (Äzaabin)
Fode Drame
A questioner questioned regarding a punishment that is going to come to pass.
MunirMezyed2023
Spiritually blind person has demanded a (divine) retribution bound to come
Mustaqim
A questioner asks about the punishment to befall,
Linda "iLham" Barto
A petitioner asks about a penalty to befall…
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
An asker asked about a punishment sure to come
Irving/Hegab
A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen
Samy Mahdy
A questioner questioned with an occurring torment.
Qarai
An asker asked for a punishment sure to befall
Ahmed Hulusi
The inquisitor asked about the suffering to occur!
Mubarakpuri
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall
A. S. Mohamed
A questioner asked about a punishment that will surely happen
Mir Aneesuddin
A questioner asked about the punishment to fall.
[Al-Muntakhab]
Some Pagan once asked: "When do we expect our turn to suffer that punitive punishment and the encounter with the promised Day of Judgement?"
The Wise Quran Project
A questioner asked of a punishment actually occurring
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Someone asked about the inevitable retribution.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Someone asked about the inevitable retribution
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Asked a questioner about a punishment bound to happen
Transliteration
Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAAin