Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
on the Day when man's very being shall be bared to the bone, and when they [who now deny the truth] shall be called upon to prostrate themselves [before God], and shall be unable to do so
Arthur John Arberry
Upon the day when the leg shall be bared, and they shall be summoned to bow themselves, but they cannot
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,
Arabic
یَوۡمَ یُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقࣲ وَیُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ ٤٢
Transliteration (2021)
yawma yuk'shafu ʿan sāqin wayud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi falā yastaṭīʿūn