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Muhammad Asad   
and the moon is darkened
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and the moon is dimmed,
Safi Kaskas   
the moon is eclipsed

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Arabic   
وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝٨
Transliteration (2021)   
wakhasafa l-qamar
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And becomes dark the moon,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and the moon is darkened
M. M. Pickthall   
And the moon is eclipse
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And the moon is buried in darkness
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and the moon is dimmed,
Safi Kaskas   
the moon is eclipsed
Wahiduddin Khan   
and the moon is eclipsed
Shakir   
And the moon becomes dark
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and the moon will cause the earth to be swallowed
T.B.Irving   
and the moon is eclipsed,
Abdul Hye   
the moon will be eclipsed,
The Study Quran   
and the moon is eclipsed
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
And the moon is eclipsed.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And the moon is eclipsed
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and the moon went in eclipse
M. Farook Malik   
the moon will be eclipsed
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And the moon eclipses, (Or: cave in)
Muhammad Sarwar   
the moon eclipsed
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and the moon will lose its light
Shabbir Ahmed   
And the moon is darkened. (The banner of the Age of Ignorance bearing the moon logo goes down)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And the moon turns lightless
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
"And the moon is buried in darkness
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And the moon darken
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And the moon is eclipsed
Abdel Haleem   
and the moon eclipsed
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And the moon shall be ecliped
Ahmed Ali   
The moon eclipsed
Aisha Bewley   
and the moon is eclipsed,
Ali Ünal   
And the moon is darkened
Ali Quli Qara'i   
and the moon is eclipsed
Hamid S. Aziz   
And the moon becomes dark
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and the moon is darkened
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And the Moon is buried in darkness
Musharraf Hussain   
the moon eclipsed,
Maududi   
and the moon is eclipsed
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And the moon is eclipsed.
Mohammad Shafi   
And the moon disappears

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And the moon is eclipsed.
Rashad Khalifa   
And the moon is eclipsed.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
and the moon eclipsed
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And the moon becomes dark
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And the moon punctured/eclipsed
Bijan Moeinian   
And the moon becomes dar
Faridul Haque   
And the moon will be eclipsed
Sher Ali   
And the moon is eclipsed
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And the moon will be eclipsed
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And the moon will eclipse
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And the moon will be eclipsed

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and the moon is eclipsed
George Sale   
and the moon shall be eclipsed
Edward Henry Palmer   
and the moon be eclipsed
John Medows Rodwell   
And when the moon shall be darkened
N J Dawood (2014)   
and the moon eclipsed

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And the moon is eclipsed.
Munir Mezyed   
And the moon is eclipsed,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And the moon has disappeared,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
And the moon is eclipsed!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and the moon is eclipsed,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
and the moon is eclipsed,
Samy Mahdy   
And the moon is eclipsed (forever).
Ahmed Hulusi   
And the Moon is eclipsed,
Mir Aneesuddin   
and the moon will sink
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
and the moon is eclipsed and reflects no light

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And the moon is buried in darkness
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And becomes dark the moon
OLD Transliteration   
Wakhasafa alqamaru