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Muhammad Asad   
and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,
Safi Kaskas   
when the souls are paired,

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Arabic   
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ۝٧
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwija
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And when the souls are paired,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds]
M. M. Pickthall   
And when souls are reunited
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,
Safi Kaskas   
when the souls are paired,
Wahiduddin Khan   
when the souls are divided into different classes
Shakir   
And when souls are united
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and when the souls will be mated
T.B.Irving   
when souls are reunited,
Abdul Hye   
and when the souls will be joined (with their bodies);
The Study Quran   
when the souls are coupled
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
When the souls are paired.
Talal Itani (2012)   
When the souls are paired
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and when the Nufus (this is a plural of Nafs) are united (i.e., the body and soul are again united)
M. Farook Malik   
when the souls will be reunited with the bodies
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And when the (inner) selves will be paired, (i.e., joined to their bodies
Muhammad Sarwar   
souls are reunited with their bodies
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and when the people will be arranged in categories
Shabbir Ahmed   
And when the people intermingle. (The world becomes a smaller place)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(That would be the day) when souls would rejoin their bodies
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
When the souls are sorted out, (Put together, righteous with righteous and unrighteous with unrighteous
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And when the souls are paire
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And when the souls are paired
Abdel Haleem   
when souls are sorted into classes
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And when the souls he paired
Ahmed Ali   
When souls are reunited (with the bodies
Aisha Bewley   
when the selves are arranged into classes,
Ali Ünal   
And when the souls are coupled (the righteous men with pure, righteous spouses, and the evil ones with their evil spouses and with devilish companions)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
when the souls are assorted
Hamid S. Aziz   
And when souls are sorted and reunited
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and when the souls are paired
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
When the souls are sorted out
Musharraf Hussain   
when the souls are paired,
Maududi   
when the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies)
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And when the souls are paired.
Mohammad Shafi   
And when the souls are rejoined (with their bodies)

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And when the souls are paired.
Rashad Khalifa   
The souls are restored to their bodies
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
when the souls are coupled (to their body)
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And when men are united
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And when/if the selves were made in pairs/couples
Bijan Moeinian   
When the souls are gathered together
Faridul Haque   
And when the souls are paired
Sher Ali   
And when various people are brought together
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And when souls will be united (with their bodies)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And when (various) people will be united together
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
when the souls shall be coupled
George Sale   
and when the souls shall be joined again to their bodies
Edward Henry Palmer   
And when souls shall be paired with bodies
John Medows Rodwell   
And when souls shall be paired with their bodies
N J Dawood (2014)   
and souls are reunited

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And when the souls are reunited.
Munir Mezyed   
When all human beings are paired:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And when the souls are paired up,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
When the souls are paired [with their bodies]!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
and when the souls are paired,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
when souls are reunited [with similar ones],
Samy Mahdy   
And when the souls are coupled.
Sayyid Qutb   
when people's souls are paired [like with like],
Ahmed Hulusi   
And when the souls are paired (individual consciousnesses are paired with their new spirit bodies),
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"and when the souls are reunited,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And when the souls are reunited (like with like)
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
The like are consorted with the like, joined in companionship and associated (or the souls embodied
Mir Aneesuddin   
and when the souls are paired (probably with their respective bodies),

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like)
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And when the souls are paired
OLD Transliteration   
Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat