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Muhammad Asad
asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"
Arthur John Arberry
asking, 'When shall be the Day of Resurrection?
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
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Transliteration-2
yasalu ayyāna yawmu l-qiyāmat
Word by Word (2021)
He asks, "When (is the) Day (of) the Resurrection?"
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Mustafa Khattab 2018
asking ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
Safi Kaskas 2025
He asks, "When is this Day of Resurrection?"
Wahiduddin Khan
he asks, When is this Day of Resurrection to be
Shakir
He asks: When is the day of resurrection
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He asks: When is this Day of Resurrection?
T.B.Irving
He asks: "When will Resurrection Day be ?"
Abdul Hye
He (mankind) asks: “When will be this Day of Resurrection?”
Saeed Malik
He asks, “Just when is the Day of Resurrection?”
The Study Quran
asking, “When is the Day of Resurrection?
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Talal Itani (2012)
He asks, 'When is the Day of Resurrection?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(That is why) he asks: “When (will be this) Day of Resurrection
M. Farook Malik
He questions: "When will this Day of Resurrection be?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He asks, "When will be the Day of the Resurrection?"
Muhammad Sarwar
He asks, "When will be the Day of Judgment?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He asks, .When will be this Day of Resurrection?
Shabbir Ahmed
(Yet) he asks, "When will this Day of Resurrection be?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
(So) he asks (derisively), "When is the day of resurrection?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He asks: "When is the Day (of Resurrection)on which the dead shall be awakened?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
He asks: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Abdel Haleem
he says, ‘So, when will this Day of Resurrection be?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He asketh: when will the Day of Resurrection be
Ahmed Ali
He asks: "When will the Day of Resurrection be?"
Aisha Bewley
asking, ´So when is the Day of Rising?´
Ali Ãœnal
He asks: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
He asks, ‘When is this day of resurrection?!’
Hamid S. Aziz
He asks, "When is the day of resurrection?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He asks: “When is the Resurrection Day?”
Bilal Muhammad 2018
He questions, “When is the Day of Resurrection?
Musharraf Hussain
and mockingly ask: “When will Judgement Day come?”
Maududi
He asks: "When will the Day of Resurrection be?"
Mohammad Shafi
He asks, "When will the Day of Resurrection be?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He asks, when will be the Day of Resurrection?
Rashad Khalifa
He doubts the Day of Resurrection!
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'When will the Day of Resurrection be? ' he asks
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He asks: When is the day of Resurrection
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
He asks/questions: "When (is) the Resurrection Day?"
Bijan Moeinian
That is why the disbeliever jokingly ask when will Resurrection take place
Faridul Haque
He asks, “When will be the Day of Resurrection?”
Sher Ali
He inquires `When will be the Day of Resurrection?
Edip Yuksel
He asks: "When is the day of resurrection?"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He asks (scornfully): ‘When is the Day of Resurrection?
Amatul Rahman Omar
He asks (with contempt and doubt), `When shall the Day of Resurrection come to be?
Hilali - Khan
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
asking, 'When shall be the Day of Resurrection?
George Sale
He asketh, when will the day of resurrection be
Edward Henry Palmer
he asks, When is the resurrection day
John Medows Rodwell
He asketh, "When this day of Resurrection?"
N J Dawood 2014
‘When will this be,‘ he asks, ‘this Day of Resurrection?‘
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
He asks (Yas'alu), "When (Ayyaana) is the Day of Resurrection (Yaw'mul' Qiyaama’)?"
Fode Drame
He asks, “When will be the day of the resurrection.”
MunirMezyed2023
(Sarcastically) asking, "When will this Day of Resurrection be?"
Mustaqim
He asks: when will the day of resurrection be?
Linda "iLham" Barto
The question is asked, “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
He asks, “When is the Day of Resurrection?”
Irving/Hegab
He asks: "When will Resurrection Day be ?"
Samy Mahdy
He asks, “When is Resurrection Day?”
Qarai
He asks, ‘When will be this “day of resurrection”?!’
Ahmed Hulusi
They ask, “When is the time of Doomsday (the experience of death)?
Mubarakpuri
He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection"
A. S. Mohamed
He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
Mir Aneesuddin
He asks, “When is the day of resurrection?”
[Al-Muntakhab]
and in positive unbelief he asks as to when is that alleged Day of Resurrection.
The Wise Quran Project
He asks, 'When is the Day of Resurrection?’
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He asks: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He asks: "When is the Day of Resurrection"
OLD Word by Word
He asks, "When (is the) Day (of) the Resurrection?
Transliteration
Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati