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Ya Sin 36:50 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَا إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ zoom
Transliteration Fala yastateeAAoona tawsiyatan wala ila ahlihim yarjiAAoona zoom

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad and so [sudden will be their end that] no testament will they be able to make, - nor to their own people will they return! zoom
M. M. Pickthall Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk. zoom
Shakir So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to their families. zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their affairs), nor to return to their own people! zoom
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their affairs), nor to return to their own people! zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Then, they will not be able to leave a legacy nor will they return to their people. zoom
Wahiduddin Khan They will have no time to make a will, nor shall they return to their own people. zoom
T.B.Irving They will not even manage to draw up a will, nor will they return to their own people. zoom
[Al-Muntakhab] And then it is too late to act nor do they have the chance to settle or dispose of their affairs verbally or in writing nor to their people will they return. zoom
[Progressive Muslims] They will not even be able to leave a will, nor will they be able to return to their people. zoom
Abdel Haleem They will have no time to make bequests, nor will they have the chance to return to their own people. zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi And they will not be able to make a disposition, nor to their family they return. zoom
Ahmed Ali Then they would not be able to make a will, or go back to their people. zoom
Aisha Bewley They will not be able to make a will or return to their families. zoom
Ali Ünal Then they will not be able even to make a bequest (so suddenly will the blast seize them), nor return to their families. zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar And so (sudden will be their end) that they will not be able to leave instructions about their affairs nor to their own people will they return. zoom
Hamid S. Aziz So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to their families. zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Then they will not be able to make any testament, nor will they return to their families. zoom
Muhammad Sarwar Then they will not be able to make a will or return to their families. zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their household. zoom
Shabbir Ahmed And they shall not even have time to utter their last wish, nor will they be able to get together with their families. zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed Then they will have no (chance by their own) will to settle (their affairs), and not (even) to return to their own people! zoom
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return. zoom
Farook Malik Then, neither they will be able to make a will, nor be able to return to their families. zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey Then, they will have no chance either to make a will or to return to their families. zoom
Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad Then they will not be able to make a will or to return to their families. zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar Then they will not be able to make bequest (or will), and nor they will return to their family-members . zoom
Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) Then, no chance will they have with their will to manage their affairs, nor to return to their people.  zoom
Maududi and they will not even be able to make a testament, nor to return to their households. zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian It will happen so fast that they will not have time to make a will or bid farewell to their folks. zoom
Faridul Haque Therefore neither able to make a will, nor returning to their homes. zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah Then they will be unable to make a will, nor shall they return to their kinsmen. zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their families. zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira So they are not being able (of) direction/influence , and nor to their families they return. zoom
Sher Ali And they will not be able to make a will nor will they return to their families. zoom
Rashad Khalifa They will not even have time to make a will, nor will they be able to return to their people. zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Therefore neither able to make a will, nor returning to their homes. zoom
Hilali & Khan Then they will not be able to make bequest, nor they will return to their family. zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry then they will not be able to make any testament, nor will they return to their people. zoom
Edward Henry Palmer And they shall not be able to make a bequest; nor to their people shall they return; zoom
George Sale and they shall not have time to make any disposition of their effects, neither shall they return to their family. zoom
John Medows Rodwell And not a bequest shall they be able to make, nor to their families shall they return. zoom
N J Dawood (draft) They will have no time to make a will, nor shall they return to their kinsfolk. zoom

Partial Translations, or works in progress
Sayyid Qutb No time will they have to make bequests, nor will they return to their own people. zoom

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