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Muhammad Asad
NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection
Arthur John Arberry
No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day
Source Arabic and Literal tools
Transliteration-2
lā uq'simu biyawmi l-qiyāmat
Word by Word (2021)
Nay! I swear by (the) Day (of) the Resurrection.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
NAY! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day
Mustafa Khattab 2018
I do swear by the Day of Judgment!
Safi Kaskas 2025
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
Wahiduddin Khan
By the Day of Resurrection
Shakir
Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
I swear an oath by the Day of Resurrection.
T.B.Irving
I do swear by Resurrection Day,
Abdul Hye
I swear by the Day of Resurrection,
Saeed Malik
I [need] not swear by the Day of Resurrection
The Study Quran
swear by the Day of Resurrection
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Talal Itani (2012)
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Dr. Kamal Omar
Nay! I bring as witness the Day of Resurrection
M. Farook Malik
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
No! I swear by the Day of the Resurrection
Muhammad Sarwar
I swear by the Day of Resurrectio
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection
Dr. Munir Munshey
No, I swear by the day of Resurrection
Syed Vickar Ahamed
I swear by the day of Resurrection (when the dead shall be awakened)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
I swear by the Day of Resurrectio
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
I do swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Abdel Haleem
By the Day of Resurrectio
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO WITNESS the Day of Resurrection
Aisha Bewley
No! I swear by the Day of Rising!
Ali Ãœnal
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Ali Quli Qara'i
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Hamid S. Aziz
Nay! I swear by (or call to witness) the Day of Resurrection
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
I swear by the Resurrection Day,
Bilal Muhammad 2018
I call to witness the day of resurrection
Musharraf Hussain
I swear by the Day of Judgement,
Maududi
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Mohammad Shafi
Nay, [man's negative thinking on Resurrection is not right!] I do swear by the Day of Resurrection
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
I call to swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Rashad Khalifa
I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, I swear by the day of resurrection
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
I do not swear/make oath with the Resurrection Da
Bijan Moeinian
I (God) swear that Resurrection will surely take place
Faridul Haque
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Sher Ali
Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Edip Yuksel
I swear by the day of Judgment.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Amatul Rahman Omar
Nay, (it is not like what you imagine,) I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Hilali - Khan
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection
George Sale
Verily I swear by the day of resurrection
Edward Henry Palmer
I need not swear by the resurrection day
John Medows Rodwell
It needeth not that I swear by the day of the RESURRECTION
N J Dawood 2014
I SWEAR by the Day of Resurrection
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
I swear by (Laa' Uq'simu Bi) the Day (Yaw'mi) of Resurrection (El'Qiyaama’)*,
Fode Drame
Indeed I swear by the day of the resurrection.
MunirMezyed2023
Lo! I swear by the Day of Resurrection:
Mustaqim
I swear by the day of resurrection.
Linda "iLham" Barto
I call to witness the Day of Resurrection.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
No! I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Irving/Hegab
I do swear by Resurrection Day,
Samy Mahdy
Nay, I swear by The Resurrection Day.
Qarai
I swear by the Day of Resurrection!
Ahmed Hulusi
By the reality of the Doomsday;
Mubarakpuri
Nay! I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
A. S. Mohamed
I swear by the Day of Resurrection!
Mir Aneesuddin
No, I do swear by the day of resurrection,
[Al-Muntakhab]
I swear by the Day of Resurrection
The Wise Quran Project
I swear by the Day of Resurrection.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
I do swear by the Day of Resurrection.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
I swear by the Day of Judgment
OLD Word by Word
Nay! I swear by (the) Day (of) the Resurrection
Transliteration
La oqsimu biyawmi alqiyamati