Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | THE LAST HOUR draws near, and the moon is split asunder |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder | |
Shakir | | The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | The Last Hour draws near an | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | The Hour neared and the moon was split. | |
| T.B.Irving | | The Hour approaches and the Moon is splitting apart! | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | The Hour has drawn near and the moon was split ˹in two˺. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | The Hour has come near, and the moon has split. | |
| Abdul Hye | | The Hour (of doom) is drawing near, and the moon has split asunder (the people of Makkah requested Muhammad to show a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon). | |
| The Study Quran | | The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon has been cleaved | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | The Hour draws near, and the moon is breached | |
Abdel Haleem | | The Hour draws near; the moon is split in two | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | The Hour hath drawn nigh, and the moon hath been rent in sunder.. And if they behold a sign, they turn away and say: magic continuous | |
Ahmed Ali | | THE HOUR HAS come and split is the moon | |
Aisha Bewley | | The Hour has drawn near and the moon has split. | |
Ali Ünal | | The Last Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | The Hour has drawn near and the moon is split | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | The hour drew nigh (or is nigh) and the moon was rent in twain (or is rent) | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | The Hour (The Arabic noun is feminine) has drawn near, and the moon (The Arabic noun is masculine) is cloven | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | The Hour of Doom is drawing near and the moon is rent asunder | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | The Hour (of doom) has drawn near, and the moon has split asunder | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | The Hour of Revolution is fast approaching. And the moon bearing banner is torn asunder | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | The Hour (of Judgment) has drawn nearer, and the moon has been torn apart (cleft asunder. | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two] | |
Farook Malik | | The Hour of Doom is drawing near, the moon has split asunder; which is a clear proof that the same thing can happen to the earth | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | The hour (of Judgment) draws closer. The moon split apart | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | The Hour has come very close and the moon has developed cracks | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split | |
Maududi | | The Hour of Resurrection drew near and the moon split asunder | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | The hour gets close and the moon splits | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | The Hour is near, and the Moon is cleft asunder | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | The Final Hour is drawing near and the moon has split into two. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | The Hour draws near, and the moon is breached. | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | The Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin) has drawn near and the moon is visited | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | The hour (of judgment) approaches as moon is being split | |
| Faridul Haque | | The Last Day came near, and the moon split apart | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | The Hour is drawing near, and the moon is split (in two) | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Wonder you then at this announcement | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | The Hour/Resurrection neared/approached, and the moon split/cracked/cut open | |
Sher Ali | | The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon is rent asunder | |
Rashad Khalifa | | The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | The Hour came near and the moon was split. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | The Hour (of doom of the enemies of the Prophet) has drawn nigh and (to indicate it) the moon is rent asunder | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | The Last Hour has drawn near and the moon has split into two | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad SAW to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon) | |
