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Muhammad Asad   
and thereupon that [chastisement] which they were promised befalls them –
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
then there came to them what they had been threatened with:
Safi Kaskas   
then inflicted the punishment as promised,

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Arabic   
ثُمَّ جَاءَهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُوعَدُون
Transliteration (2021)   
thumma jāahum mā kānū yūʿadūn
Word for Word
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Then comes to them what they were promised

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and thereupon that [chastisement] which they were promised befalls them –
M. M. Pickthall   
And then cometh that which they were promised
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
then there came to them what they had been threatened with:
Safi Kaskas   
then inflicted the punishment as promised,
Wahiduddin Khan   
and then the promised punishment fell upon them
Shakir   
Then there comes to them that with which they are threatened
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and, again, there drew near them what they had been promised,
T.B.Irving   
then whatever they have been threatened with, comes to them?
Abdul Hye   
and afterwards comes to them what (punishment) they are promised
The Study Quran   
and there comes upon them that which they were promised
Dr. Kamal Omar   
after that, reached them what they had been promised
Farook Malik   
and then the scourge with which they are threatened falls upon them
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Then there comes to them what they were promised
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Thereafter (there) comes to them what they have been promised
Muhammad Sarwar   
and then Our torment will strike them
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
then comes to them what they are warned of
Shabbir Ahmed   
And then comes that which they were promised
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And then the promised punishment comes to them
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And still at the end, there will come to them (the punishment) that they were promised
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And then there came to them that which they were promised
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Then what they were promised came to them
Abdel Haleem   
and then the promised torment came upon them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And then there cometh unto them that which they had been promised
Ahmed Ali   
And then what they were promised comes upon them
Aisha Bewley   
and then what they were promised comes to them,
Ali Ünal   
And the punishment they were promised comes upon them after that
Ali Quli Qara'i   
then there comes to them what they have been promised
Hamid S. Aziz   
And then there comes to them that which they are promised
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
then what they were promised (the punishment) comes to them
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Yet eventually, there must come to them the punishment which they were promised
Musharraf Hussain   
then when what they had been promised befell them,
Maududi   
and then the chastisement of which they were being warned were to come upon them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Thenwhat they were promised came to them
Mohammad Shafi   
And thereafter that which they were promised befalls the

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Then there comes to them that with which they are promised.
Rashad Khalifa   
Then the retribution came to them, just as promised.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
and then what they were promised comes to them
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Then that which they are promised comes to them -
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
Then came to them what they were being promised
Bijan Moeinian   
Now it is time that I punish them as I had promises
Faridul Haque   
And then the promise that is given to them, does come upon them
Sher Ali   
Then there comes to them the punishment that they are promised
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Then comes to them that (torment) which they are being promised
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And then that (punishment) with which they are threatened befalls them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And afterwards comes to them that (punishment) which they had been promised

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
then there comes on them that they were promised
George Sale   
and afterwards that with which they are threatened come upon them
Edward Henry Palmer   
and then there come to them what they are threatened
John Medows Rodwell   
That with which they are menaced come upon them at last
N J Dawood (2014)   
and then the promised scourge does fall upon them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
When finally that which they were promised comes to them,…
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
then whatever they have been threatened with, comes to them?
Sayyid Qutb   
and then the promised [punishment] befalls them —
Ahmed Hulusi   
Then the thing of which they are warned comes to them...
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Then there comes to them that (punishment) which they were promised
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Then they are suddenly seized with what they were promised of retributive punishment
Mir Aneesuddin   
then there comes to them that which they were promised.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Then comes to them what they were promise