Quran Ayah al-Mudathir (The Cloaked One, The Man Wearing a Cloak, The Clothed One) 74:8 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded

Arthur John Arberry

For when the Trump is sounded

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded

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Arabic

فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِی ٱلنَّاقُورِ ۝٨

Transliteration (2021)

fa-idhā nuqira fī l-nāqūr

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

Then when is blown in the trumpet,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And [warn all men that] when the trumpet-call [of resurrection] is sounded

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded

M. M. Pickthall

For when the trumpet shall sound

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

˹For˺ when the Trumpet will be sounded,

Wahiduddin Khan

When the Trumpet is sounded

Safi Kaskas

When the Trumpet is blown,

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then, when the horn is sounded,

T.B.Irving

When the bugle is sounded on that day,

Shakir

For when the trumpet is sounded

Abdul Hye

When the trumpet will be sounded,

Saeed Malik

Then when in the Hollow a sound is struck

The Study Quran

For when the trumpet is blown

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

When the horn is blown.

Talal Itani (2012)

When the Trumpet is blown

M. Farook Malik

When the Trumpet will be sounded

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then when is blown in the trumpet

Dr. Munir Munshey

(Warn everyone that) the day the trumpet sounds

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then, when the trumpet is sounded

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And when the trumpet is blown

Muhammad Sarwar

When the trumpet is sounded,

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

For when the trumpet will be blown

Shabbir Ahmed

For when the Trumpet will sound

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So when Trumpet is sounded (Literally: trumpeted)

Hamid S. Aziz

For when the trumpet is sounded

Abdel Haleem

When the Trumpet sounds

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Then when the horn shall be blown

Ahmed Ali

For when the trumpet blow

Aisha Bewley

For when the Trumpet is blown,

Ali Ünal

Then, when the Horn is sounded

Ali Quli Qara'i

When the Trumpet will be sounded

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Then, when the piercing sound is made.

Musharraf Hussain

When the Trumpet is blown,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Finally, when the trumpet is sounded

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

So, when the horn is blown

Maududi

When the Trumpet shall be sounded

Mohammad Shafi

And [warn that] when the Trumpet is blown

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

For when the trumpet shall be blown;

Rashad Khalifa

Then, when the horn is blown.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

When the Horn is blown

Faridul Haque

So when the Trumpet will be blown

Bijan Moeinian

The Day that the horn is blown

Maulana Muhammad Ali

For when the trumpet is sounded

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So if the horn/bugle/trumpet was blown in

Sher Ali

And when the trumpet is sounded

Edip Yuksel

So when the holes are punched.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the day the trumpet (of the Prophet's call to the people) is sounded

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then when the Trumpet will be blown (a second time)

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. its second blowing)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

The day the Trumpet sound

Arthur John Arberry

For when the Trump is sounded

Edward Henry Palmer

And when the trump is blown,

George Sale

When the trumpet shall sound

John Medows Rodwell

For when there shall be a trump on the trumpet

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Fa) when (Izaa) the trumpet (En'Naaquuri) is blown (Nuqira Fii),

Fode Drame

But when the trumpet will sound.

Munir Mezyed

When the Trumpet is blown,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Then when the horn is blown,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

When the trumpet is sounded,…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

So when the Trumpet is blown,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

When the bugle is sounded on that day,

Samy Mahdy

So, when it is blown in Al-Naqour (The Horn).

Ali Quli Qarai

When the Trumpet will be sounded,

Ahmed Hulusi

When that trumpet is blown (death, resurrection);

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Then, when the Naqur is sounded.

A. S. Mohamed

Then when the trumpet is blown,

Mir Aneesuddin

So (the day) when the trumpet will be sounded,

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

For when finally the h trumpet is sounded

The Wise Quran Project

And when the horn is blown in,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So when the horn is sounded.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

So when the trumpet is sounded

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then when is blown in the trumpet

OLD Transliteration

Fa-itha nuqira fee alnnaqoori

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