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Muhammad Asad   
And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,
Safi Kaskas   
And [other] faces, on that Day, will be covered with dust,

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Arabic   
وَوُجُوهࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذٍ عَلَیۡهَا غَبَرَةࣱ ۝٤٠
Transliteration (2021)   
wawujūhun yawma-idhin ʿalayhā ghabaratu
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And faces, that Day, upon them (will be) dust,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered
M. M. Pickthall   
And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
while ˹other˺ faces will be dusty,
Safi Kaskas   
And [other] faces, on that Day, will be covered with dust,
Wahiduddin Khan   
but some faces will be covered with dus
Shakir   
And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And faces on that Day will be dust-stained.
T.B.Irving   
while other faces will be covered with grime on that day,
Abdul Hye   
And other faces on that Day will be dusty,
The Study Quran   
And faces that Day shall be covered with dust
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Other faces, on that day, will have upon them dust.
Talal Itani (2012)   
And Faces on that Day will be covered with misery
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And (some) faces this Day — on them is stain of dust and smoke
M. Farook Malik   
And some faces on that Day shall be dust
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And (some) faces upon that Day will be (covered) by resentment
Muhammad Sarwar   
but others will be gloom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and many faces, on that day, will be stained with dust
Shabbir Ahmed   
And some faces on that Day will have dust upon them
Dr. Munir Munshey   
While some faces that day would be covered with (grim and grimy) shades
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And other faces that Day will be soiled with dust
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And faces on that Day with dust on them
Abdel Haleem   
but some faces will be dust-staine
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom
Ahmed Ali   
And many will be dust-begrimed
Aisha Bewley   
That Day some faces will be dust-covered,
Ali Ünal   
And some faces will on that Day be dust-stained
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And some faces on that day will be covered with dust
Hamid S. Aziz   
And many faces on that Day, shall be covered with dust
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And on that day (other) faces have dust on them,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And other faces that day will be dust-stained
Musharraf Hussain   
But other faces that Day will be covered with dust,
Maududi   
Some faces on that Day shall be dust-ridden
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And faces on that Day with dust on them.
Mohammad Shafi   
Faces that Day would be gloomy

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And many faces on that day will have dust upon them,
Rashad Khalifa   
Other faces, on that day, will be covered with misery
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
whereas some faces will be covered with dus
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And faces on that day will have dust on them
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And faces/fronts (on) that day, on it (is) dust
Bijan Moeinian   
Other faces on that day will be…
Faridul Haque   
And many a face will be covered with dust on that day
Sher Ali   
And some faces, on that day, will have dust upon them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And numerous faces there will be covered with dust that Day
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Some other faces, on that day, will have dust upon them
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
some faces on that day shall be dust
George Sale   
And upon the faces of others, on that day, shall there be dust
Edward Henry Palmer   
and faces shall have dust upon them,
John Medows Rodwell   
And faces on that day with dust upon them
N J Dawood (2014)   
On that day there shall be faces covered with dust

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And some faces that day will have dust on them.
Munir Mezyed   
And the other faces, on that day, will have dust upon them
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And faces will be covered in dust that day,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Some faces that day will be dingy.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And some faces on that day are covered with dust,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
while other faces will be covered with grime on that day,
Samy Mahdy   
And Faces on that Day will be over them dust.
Sayyid Qutb   
Some other faces on that day shall be covered with dust,
Ahmed Hulusi   
And (some) faces that day will be covered in dust!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"and other faces on that Day will be covered with dust,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And some faces That Day will be dust-stained
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Other faces will be coated with gloom
Mir Aneesuddin   
(while other) faces on that day will have dust over them,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And other faces that Day will be dust-stained
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And faces, that Day, upon them (will be) dust
OLD Transliteration   
Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun