Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | But nay - the Last Hour is the time when they shall truly meet their fate; and that Last Hour will be most calamitous, and most bitter |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure) | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter | |
Shakir | | Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | Indeed, the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Last Hour will be the most severe, and the most bitter | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | Nay! The Hour is what is promised them and the Hour will be more calamitous and more distasteful. | |
| T.B.Irving | | Indeed the Hour has been promised them; the Hour will be quite disastrous and most bitter. | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | Better yet, the Hour is their appointed time—and the Hour will be most catastrophic and most bitter. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | Rather the Hour is their appointed time and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter. | |
| Abdul Hye | | Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter. | |
| The Study Quran | | Nay! The Hour is their tryst, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful | |
Abdel Haleem | | But the Hour is their appointed time- the Hour is more severe and bitter | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | Aye! the Hour is their appointed term, and the Hour shall be far more grievous and far more bitter | |
Ahmed Ali | | Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing | |
Aisha Bewley | | In fact the Hour is their promised appointment and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter! | |
Ali Ünal | | Indeed, the Last Hour is their appointed time (for their complete recompense), and the Last Hour will be more grievous and more bitter | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | Rather the Hour is their tryst; and the Hour will be most calamitous and bitter | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | Nay, the Hour is their promised time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | No indeed, (but) the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | In fact, the Hour of Doom is the time for them to suffer. The suffering of this hour is the most calamitous and the most bitter (of all suffering) | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Rather the Hour (of judgment) is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour is more calamitous and much more bitter | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | Nay, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be most grievous with a most bitter defeat | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | No! But the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most painful and most bitter | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter | |
Farook Malik | | Nay! The Hour of Judgment is the time promised to deal with them. That hour will be the most grievous and bitter | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | The fact is that the hour (of Judgment) is their appointed date (with disaster). That hour is far more ruinous and wrenching, a lot more (biting and) bitter | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | Nay! The Hour is their promised time (for their full recompense); and the Hour is harder and more bitter (for the disbelievers) | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | The Hour is their appointed time—the Hour is more disastrous, and most bitter | |
Maududi | | Nay; the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Hour shall be more calamitous and bitter | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | No, the hour is their appointment time, and the hour is more awful and bitterer (than this world’s punishment) | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | No, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be more terrible and most bitter | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | The Judgement Day is their appointed time, and it will be a terrifying and most difficult Day. | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | The Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is far worse and more painful. | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | Moreover, the Hour (the time when the present world will end and the Hereafter begin) is their tryst with destiny, and the Hour shall be more grievous and bitter | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | They will see the real misery, however, on the Day of their Resurrection;… it is far worse and more painful | |
| Faridul Haque | | In fact their promise is upon the Last Day - and the Last Day is very severe and very bitter | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | Rather, the Hour is their encounter. And that Hour will be most calamitous and bitter | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | Are your disbelievers better than these, or have you an immunity in the scriptures | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | But the Hour/Resurrection (is) their appointment, and the Hour/Resurrection (is) more disastrous/catastrophic and more bitter/firmer | |
Sher Ali | | Aye, the Hour is their promised time; and the Hour will be most calamitous for them and most bitter | |
Rashad Khalifa | | The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | Nay, rather the Hour is their promise and the Hour is the hardest and bitterest. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | The (promised) Hour (of their complete discomfiture) is their appointed time. The fact is that the Hour will be grievously calamitous and most bitter | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | But their (actual) promise is the Last Hour, and the Last Hour is extremely terrible and most agonizing | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter | |
