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Muhammad Asad   
For what day has the term [of all this] been set
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
for which Day has all this been set?
Safi Kaskas   
for what Day was it postponed?

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Arabic   
‏لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْ ‎
Transliteration (2021)   
li-ayyi yawmin ujjila
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
For what Day are (these) postponed?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
For what day has the term [of all this] been set
M. M. Pickthall   
For what day is the time appointed
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
For what Day are these (portents) deferred
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
for which Day has all this been set?
Safi Kaskas   
for what Day was it postponed?
Wahiduddin Khan   
for what Day has this been appointed
Shakir   
To what day is the doom fixed
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
for which Day were these appointed?
T.B.Irving   
till which day will they be put off? The Day for Sorting Things Out
Abdul Hye   
For what Day are these signs deferred?
The Study Quran   
for what day is it appointed
Dr. Kamal Omar   
For what Day the term stood specified
M. Farook Malik   
For what Day has all this been deferred
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Until which day is it deferred
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
To whichever Day is (this) term appointed
Muhammad Sarwar   
If one asks, "To which day have such calamitous events been postponed?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
(Do you know) for which day has all this been delayed
Shabbir Ahmed   
For what Day is the term delayed
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Until what day has it been put off
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
For what Day are these Signs (of Allah) deferred
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
For what Day was it postponed
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
For what day has it been delaye
Abdel Haleem   
for what Day has all this been set
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
For what day is it timed
Ahmed Ali   
For what day is that time fixed
Aisha Bewley   
until what day is that deferred?
Ali Ünal   
For what day has the term (of all this) been set
Ali Quli Qara'i   
—for what day has [all] that been set [to occur]
Hamid S. Aziz   
To what Day are these signs appointed
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
For what day are these deferred
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
for what day (all these) are appointed?
Musharraf Hussain   
for which Day has this been set for?
Maududi   
To which Day has this task been deferred
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
For what day has it been delayed?
Mohammad Shafi   
For what day is the time fixed

Controversial or status undetermined works
Rashad Khalifa   
That is the appointed day
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
For what day they were appointed?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
to what day shall they be deferred
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
To what day is the doom fixed
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
To which day/time it was delayed
Bijan Moeinian   
Then that day will be the Day of Judgment
Faridul Haque   
For which day were they appointed
Sher Ali   
To what day have these portents been deferred
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Well, for what Day is the term (of all the affairs) appointed
Amatul Rahman Omar   
To what day have these (portents) been deferred
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
For what Day are these signs postponed

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
to what day shall they be delayed
George Sale   
to what a day shall that appointment be deferred
Edward Henry Palmer   
For what day is the appointment made
John Medows Rodwell   
Until what day shall that time be deferred
N J Dawood (2014)   
when will all this be

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
For what day are these postponed?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
to which day is it deferred?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
till which day will they be put off?
Ahmed Hulusi   
For which day were they postponed?
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
For what Day is this (portent) deferred
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
But as to which day has the Messengers convention been postponed and when will it then be made to supervene
Mir Aneesuddin   
For which day (is this) timed?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
For what Day are these (portents) deferred
OLD Literal Word for Word   
For what Day are (these) postponed
OLD Transliteration   
Li-ayyi yawmin ojjilat