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Muhammad Asad   
ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
A questioner asked of a befalling torment
Safi Kaskas   
An inquirer asked about an impending punishment

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Arabic   
سَأَلَ سَاۤىِٕلُۢ بِعَذَابࣲ وَاقِعࣲ ۝١
Transliteration (2021)   
sa-ala sāilun biʿadhābin wāqiʿi
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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Asked a questioner about a punishment bound to happen

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall
M. M. Pickthall   
A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
A challenger has demanded a punishment bound to come
Safi Kaskas   
An inquirer asked about an impending punishment
Wahiduddin Khan   
A doubter once demanded that punishment be immediately meted out
Shakir   
One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
One who supplicates asked for a punishment that will fall
T.B.Irving   
A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen
Abdul Hye   
A questioner asked concerning a punishment about to befall
The Study Quran   
A questioner asked about an impending punishmen
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
A questioner asked for a punishment bound to happen.
Talal Itani (2012)   
A questioner questioned the imminent torment
Dr. Kamal Omar   
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall —
M. Farook Malik   
A questioner asked you about the punishment which is bound to happen
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
A questioner asked of a befalling torment
Muhammad Sarwar   
Someone has (needlessly) demanded to experience the torment (of God)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
A demanding person has asked for the punishment that is going to befall
Shabbir Ahmed   
A questioner might ask about the catastrophe that is bound to fall
Dr. Munir Munshey   
The skeptics ask about the torment that is bound to land
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
A questioner asked about the penalty to befall (yet to happen)—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
Someone asked about the inevitable retribution.
Abdel Haleem   
A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
There hath asked an asker for the torment about to befall
Ahmed Ali   
AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to com
Aisha Bewley   
An inquirer asked about an impending punishment.
Ali Ünal   
A questioner (in mocking denial of the Day of Resurrection) has asked about the punishment certain to befall
Ali Quli Qara'i   
An asker asked for a punishment bound to befall
Hamid S. Aziz   
A questioner asked about the chastisement which must befall
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
A questioner asked about a punishment bound to happen.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
A questioner asked about a penalty to befall
Musharraf Hussain   
A sceptical questioner demanded a punishment to fall
Maududi   
A beseecher besought the visitation of chastisement
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Someone asked about the inevitable retribution.
Mohammad Shafi   
A questioner questions punishment that is bound to befall

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
A questioner asks for the torment to befall.
Rashad Khalifa   
A questioner may question the inevitable retribution.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
A caller supplicated about a punishment to fall o
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
A questioner asks about the chastisement to befall
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
(An) asker/questioner asked/questioned with (about) a falling/landing torture
Bijan Moeinian   
Someone asked about the punishment in Hereafter
Faridul Haque   
A requester seeks the punishment that will take place
Sher Ali   
An inquirer inquires concerning the punishment about to befall
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
A questioner asked for the torment which is sure to come about
Amatul Rahman Omar   
A solicitor solicited the punishment which is bound to befall
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
A questioner asked of a chastisement about to fall
George Sale   
One demanded and called for vengeance to fall on the unbelievers
Edward Henry Palmer   
An asker asked for torment that must befall
John Medows Rodwell   
A SUITOR sued for punishment to light suddenl
N J Dawood (2014)   
A SCEPTIC² once demanded that punishment be visite

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
A questioner questioned regarding a punishment that is going to come to pass.
Munir Mezyed   
Spiritually blind person has demanded a (divine) retribution bound to come
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
A questioner asks about the punishment to befall,
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
A petitioner asks about a penalty to befall…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
An asker asked about a punishment sure to come
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen
Samy Mahdy   
A questioner questioned with an occurring torment.
Ahmed Hulusi   
The inquisitor asked about the suffering to occur!
Mir Aneesuddin   
A questioner asked about the punishment to fall.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Some Pagan once asked: "When do we expect our turn to suffer that punitive punishment and the encounter with the promised Day of Judgement?"
The Wise Quran   
A questioner asked of a punishment, actually occurring,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Asked a questioner about a punishment bound to happen
OLD Transliteration   
Saala sa-ilun biAAathabin waqiAAin