Ayah al-Qamar (The Moon) 54:38

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Muhammad Asad

And, indeed, abiding suffering did befall them early on the morrow

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed there already came upon them before sunrise a settled torment

Safi Kaskas

Early morning brought them enduring punishment.

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وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

Transliteration (2021)

walaqad ṣabbaḥahum buk'ratan ʿadhābun mus'taqirru

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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And certainly seized them in the morning early a punishment abiding.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And, indeed, abiding suffering did befall them early on the morrow

M. M. Pickthall

And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And indeed, by the early morning they were overwhelmed by an unrelenting torment.

Safi Kaskas

Early morning brought them enduring punishment.

Wahiduddin Khan

and early in the morning the punishment decreed overtook the

Shakir

And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And, certainly, it came in the morning, early morning at dawn, a settled punishment.

T.B.Irving

Early one, morning, unavoidable torment dawned upon them.

Abdul Hye

And surely, a lasting punishment seized them early in the morning

The Study Quran

And indeed an enduring punishment greeted them early in the morning

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Morning brought them unrelenting suffering.

Talal Itani (2012)

Early morning brought upon them enduring punishment

Dr. Kamal Omar

And surely, indeed an abiding torment made them face the early hours of the morning

M. Farook Malik

At daybreak they were overtaken by a lasting punishmen

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed there already came upon them before sunrise a settled torment

Muhammad Sarwar

We struck their faces, blinded them and said, "Suffer Our torment of which you were warned"

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And on the next morning, a lasting torment overtook them

Shabbir Ahmed

And indeed, the inevitable punishment befell them early in the morning

Dr. Munir Munshey

And early in the morning, a lasting torment had certainly come to settle on them

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And Verily, early on the next day an abiding punishment seized them

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And in the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

Abdel Haleem

and early in the morning a punishment seized them that still remains

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And assuredly there met them early in the morning a torment settled

Ahmed Ali

And early in the morning the decreed punishment came upon them

Aisha Bewley

Early morning brought them enduring punishment:

Ali Ünal

The punishment decreed assuredly overtook them early in the morning

Ali Quli Qara'i

Certainly early at dawn there visited them an abiding punishment

Hamid S. Aziz

And early in the morning a lasting chastisement overtook them

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And certainly, a lasting punishment took them by early morning.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Early in the morning an abiding punishment indeed seized them

Musharraf Hussain

So early one morning, a lasting punishment seized them.

Maududi

Indeed an abiding chastisement came upon them in the morning

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And in the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

Mohammad Shafi

And the punishment decreed did befall them early in the morning

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And undoubtedly, there came upon them early in the morning a lasting torment.

Rashad Khalifa

Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And at daybreak a determined punishment came upon them

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they disputed the warning

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And settled/established torture had (E) come to them in the morning (at) day breaks/early mornings

Bijan Moeinian

Then early next morning a disaster struck them

Faridul Haque

And indeed, the everlasting punishment overcame them early in the morning

Sher Ali

And there came upon them early in the morning a lasting punishment

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And surely, the everlasting punishment reached them early in the morning

Amatul Rahman Omar

And certainly there overtook them early in the morning a lasting punishment

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

Arthur John Arberry

In the morning early there came upon them a settled chastisement

George Sale

And early in the morning a lasting punishment surprized them

Edward Henry Palmer

And there overtook them on the morning a settled punishment!

John Medows Rodwell

And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them

N J Dawood (2014)

And at daybreak a long-lasting scourge smote them

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Fode Drame

And indeed a most enduring punishment visited them in the morning.

Munir Mezyed

Verily, an abiding chastisement seized them early in the morning.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the next morning the inevitable punishment greeted them.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Early in the morning, an eternal punishment seized them.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And most surely an abiding punishment came upon them in the morning—

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

Early one morning, unavoidable torment dawned upon them.

Samy Mahdy

And in the early morning seized them a settled torment.

Ahmed Hulusi

And indeed, the deserved suffering was effectuated upon them in the morning.

Mir Aneesuddin

The punishment set (to befall) at its place/time of happening, befell them in the morning.

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And in the morning We wedded them to an irretrievable and foreordained calamity

The Wise Quran

And surely, certainly a settled punishment came to them in the morning, early morning.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them

OLD Literal Word for Word

And certainly seized them in the morning early a punishment abiding

OLD Transliteration

Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun

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