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21. Surah • 38. Verse
Word Analysis
مَتَىٰ
matā
When (will be fulfilled)
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
إِن
in
if
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
They challenge: "Where is that (retribution), if you are truthful?"
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Andthey say: "When will this promise come to pass if you are truthful?"
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
They say, "When will this promise come to pass if you are truthful?"
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the truth?"
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful."
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
They say: "(Tell us) when will the threat of punishment come to pass if you are truthful?"
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
They say, "When will this promise be (fulfilled), if you are true?"
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
They ask ˹the believers˺, "When will this threat come to pass if what you say is true?"
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
They say: "If what you are saying is true, then subject us to the punishment that you are warning us about!"
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
And they say, `When will this promise of punishment be fulfilled, (let us know) if you are truthful?'
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
They say, 'And when shall the promise come to pass, if you speak truly?'
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
And they say, 'When will this threat (come to pass), if ye tell the truth?'
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
They say, ‘When will this promise come about if you are telling the truth?’
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), in case you are sincere?"
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
They say, when will this threat be accomplished, if ye speak truth?
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
Man is made of haste. I will show you My signs; but do not ask Me to hasten.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Yet they say: "When will the promised threat come to pass, if you speak the truth?"
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
And they say, "When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are men of truth?"
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And they say: "When will this promise become true, if you are telling the truth?"
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And they Say: "When will this promise come to pass if you are truthful"
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
But they [who reject My messages are wont to] ask, "When is that promise [of God’s judgment] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!"
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
And yet they -the infidels- ask the Muslims: "When shall that promised punishment come to pass if indeed you declare the truth!"
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And they say: “When is this promise, if you be truthful?”