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Muhammad Asad   
[HENCE, think of] the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹Consider˺ the Day ˹when˺ the quaking Blast will come to pass,
Safi Kaskas   
On the Day when the world will shudder.

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Arabic   
یَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ۝٦
Transliteration (2021)   
yawma tarjufu l-rājifat
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
(The) Day will quake the quaking one,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[HENCE, think of] the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world]
M. M. Pickthall   
On the day when the first trump resoundeth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹Consider˺ the Day ˹when˺ the quaking Blast will come to pass,
Safi Kaskas   
On the Day when the world will shudder.
Wahiduddin Khan   
On the Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world]
Shakir   
The day on which the quaking one shall quake
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
on a Day when the quake quakes,
T.B.Irving   
Someday a rumbling will be felt;
Abdul Hye   
On the Day when the first blowing of the trumpet will shake (the earth, the mountains, and everybody will die),
The Study Quran   
on the Day when the quaker quake
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
On the Day when the Trembler shudders.
Talal Itani (2012)   
On the Day when the Quake quakes
Dr. Kamal Omar   
The Day the first blast shivers
M. Farook Malik   
The Day on which the quake shall cause a violent commotion
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
On the Day when the (first) commotion commoves
Muhammad Sarwar   
On the day when the first trumpet sound blast
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
(you will be resurrected) on the Day when the shocking event (i.e. the first blowing of the trumpet) will shock (everything)
Shabbir Ahmed   
The Day when the tremulous trembles
Dr. Munir Munshey   
That day, (the Day of Decision), a violent jolt will rock (the earth)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
One Day, when everything that can be improper will be in violent shock
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
On the Day the ground shakes
Abdel Haleem   
on the Day when the blast reverberate
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
A Day shall come whereon the quaking will quake
Ahmed Ali   
The day the convulsive (first blast) shatters convulsivel
Aisha Bewley   
On the Day the first blast shudders,
Ali Ünal   
(The Last Hour will have come) on the Day when a blast (of the Trumpet) will convulse (the world)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
the day when the Quaker quake
Hamid S. Aziz   
The day on which the first trump resounds (or that which can quake shall quake)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
on the day when the earthquake shakes (the earth)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
One day all that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion
Musharraf Hussain   
on the Day the Trumpet is sounded for the first time,
Maududi   
The Day when the quaking will cause a violent convulsion
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
On the Day the ground shakes.
Mohammad Shafi   
[There shall come] a Day when a violent convulsion will convulse [the world]

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The infidels shall necessarily be chastised on the Day when the shivering one will shiver.
Rashad Khalifa   
The day the quake quakes
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
On the Day, the shiverer shiver
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The day when the quaking one shall quake -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
A day/time the first blow of the horn trembles and shakes/agitates
Bijan Moeinian   
That one day the whole universe will be subject to a big quake
Faridul Haque   
On the day when the trembling one will tremble. (The disbelievers will certainly taste the punishment.
Sher Ali   
This will be on the day when the quaking earth shall quake
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(When they will be commanded to devastate the system of the universe) that Day, everything in motion (in the universe) will tremor into violent convulsion
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(It shall be) on the day when the quacking (earth) shall quake
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Upon the day when the first blast shiver
George Sale   
On a certain day, the disturbing blast of the trumpet shall disturb the universe
Edward Henry Palmer   
On the day when the quaking quake
John Medows Rodwell   
One day, the disturbing trumpet-blast shall disturb it
N J Dawood (2014)   
On the day the Trumpet sound

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Day when the quaking will take place.
Munir Mezyed   
(Beware of a day) when the earth-shaking blast will come to pass,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
On the day of trembling,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
One day, turmoil will be turbulent.
Samy Mahdy   
On a Day when the trembling, trembles.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Someday a rumbling will be felt;
Sayyid Qutb   
On the day when a violent convulsion will [be overwhelming],
Ahmed Hulusi   
At that time the convulsion (of death; earthquake) will convulse.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"On the Day when the (first) earthquake (violently) shakes everything [i.e. the blast of the trumpet sounded by the Angel Isr?f?l on the Last Day which will cause every living being to die],"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
The Day on which everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
The day shall come when the trumpet is sounded and the universe goes into a violent convulsion
Mir Aneesuddin   
On the day the quaking one (the earth) will quake

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion
OLD Literal Word for Word   
(The) Day will quake the quaking one
OLD Transliteration   
Yawma tarjufu alrrajifatu