Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | But they gave him the lie. And thereupon suffering overtook them on a day dark with shadows: and, verily, it was the suffering of an awesome day |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day | |
Shakir | | But they called him a liar, so the punishment of the day of covering overtook them; surely it was the punishment of a grievous day | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | They rejected him, and then had to suffer the punishment of a day of overshadowing gloom. That was indeed the punishment of an awful day | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | But they denied him. So took them the punishment on the overshadowing day. Truly, that had been the punishment of a tremendous Day! | |
| T.B.Irving | | So they rejected him, and the torment of a gloomy day gripped them; it was the torment of a terrible day! | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud. That was really a torment of a tremendous day. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | But they did not believe him, and the punishment of the day of shadow seized them truly, the punishment of a terrible day. | |
| Abdul Hye | | But they denied him, so the punishment of the Day of shadow (cloud carrying Allah’s punishment) seized them, indeed that was the punishment of a great Day. | |
| The Study Quran | | So they denied him, and the punishment of the day of gloom seized them. Truly it was the punishment of a tremendous day | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | But they denied him, so the retribution of the day of shadow took them. It was the retribution of a terrible day | |
Abdel Haleem | | They called him a liar, and so the torment of the Day of Shadow came upon them- it was the torment of a terrible day | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Thenn they belied him; wherefore there laid hold of -them the torment of day of shadow. Verily it was the torment of a Mighty Day | |
Ahmed Ali | | But they denied him, and We seized them with the torment of the Day of Shadowing (when the cloud had rained down fire). It was indeed the torment of a terrible day | |
Aisha Bewley | | They denied him and the punishment of the Day of Shadow came down on them. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible Day. | |
Ali Ünal | | So they denied him and in consequence, the punishment of the Day of the Overshadowing seized them. It surely was the punishment of an awesome day | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a tremendous day | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | But they rejected him, so the torment of the day of gloom (Ashes from a volcanic eruption?) seized them. Lo! It was the retribution of an awful day | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | Yet they cried him lies; then the torment of the Day of the Overshadowing took them (away); surely it was the torment of a Tremendous Day | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | They rejected him and then the torment of the gloomy day struck them. It was certainly a great torment | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Thus they rejected him, so they were seized by the torment of the Day of Canopy. Indeed it was the punishment of a terrible day | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | But they persisted in denial. Then the Day of overshadowing gloom seized them. It was the suffering of an awesome day. (Historically, a dark extensive cloud rained upon them heavily and incessantly. It is sometimes referred to as the Day of the Canopy) | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | But they denied him. Then the punishment of a day of great sorrow seized them, indeed that was the penalty of a Great Day | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day | |
Farook Malik | | So they disbelieved him, and the torment of the day of darkness (dark clouds carrying Allah's scourge) seized them, and indeed it was the torment of an extremely dreadful day | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | Thus, they rejected him. So, the punishment of the day of canopy (when dark clouds spread across like a canopy) grabbed them. It really was the punishment of a terrible day | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | So they belied him, then the torment seized them in the day of over-shadowing gloom. Indeed, it was a punishment of a dreadful day | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | But they denied him. So the punishment of the day of gloom gripped them. It was the punishment of a great day | |
Maududi | | Then they branded him a liar, whereupon the chastisement of the Day of Canopy overtook them. It was the chastisement of a very awesome day | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | So they denied him, then the punishment of day of the covering clouds (of fire) took them. Indeed it was the punishment of a great day | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | But they rejected him. Then came the punishment of a day of the shadow, and that was the penalty of a great day | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | They refused to believe him, so the torment of a Day of impenetrable shade overtook them. What a dreadful Day of torment that was! | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | But they denied him, so the retribution of the day of shadow took them. It was the retribution of a terrible day | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | So they disbelieved him. And thereupon punishment gripped them on a gloomy day. And, verily, it was a punishment of a dreadful day | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Thus they rejected him and, consequently, a Canopy (out of which they were being bombarded, as they has asked for) was sent for their punishment. It was an awesome day, an awesome punishment | |
| Faridul Haque | | In response they denied him – therefore the punishment of the day of the tent * seized them; that was indeed a punishment of a Great Day. (The clouds formed a tent and rained fire upon them) | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | But they belied him, then the punishment of the Day of Shadow (raining fire) seized them. Truly, it was the punishment of a dreadful day | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | But they rejected him, so the chastisement of the day of Covering overtook them. Surely it was the chastisement of a grievous day | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | So they denied him , so torture (of) the shade's day/time punished/took them, that it truly was a great day's/time's torture | |
Sher Ali | | So they rejected him. Then the punishment of the day of overshadowing gloom overtook them. That was indeed the punishment of a dreadful day | |
Rashad Khalifa | | They disbelieved him and, consequently, they incurred the retribution of the Day of the Canopy. It was the retribution of an awesome day. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Then they belied him, therefore, the torment of the day of shadow overtook them. Undoubtedly, it was a torment of a great day. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | Yet they cried him lies, so the punishment of the gloomy day with dark overshadowing clouds overtook them; it was indeed the punishment of an awful day | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | So they rejected Shu‘ayb, and the torment of the Day of Shadow seized them. No doubt, that was the torment of a terrible day | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | But they belied him, so the torment of the day of shadow (a gloomy cloud) seized them, indeed that was the torment of a Great Day | |
