Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and so the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at early morn
M. M. Pickthall
But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,
Safi Kaskas
The blast [of Our punishment] overtook them early in the morning,
Wahiduddin Khan
the blast overtook them early one morning
Shakir
So the rumbling overtook them in the morning
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
but the Cry took them in that which is morning.
T.B.Irving
So the Blast caught them early one morning
Abdul Hye
But the awful blast overtook them in the early morning
The Study Quran
Yet the Cry seized them in the morning
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Yet, the sudden blast seized them at dawn.
Talal Itani (2012)
But the Blast struck them in the morning
Dr. Kamal Omar
But (when they transgressed beyond limits) As-Saiha overtook them while they were about to witness the morning
But the mighty blast seized them one morning, and all their labor of building their homes through carving the rocks did not avail them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So the Shout took them (away) in the (early) morning
Muhammad Sarwar
An explosion struck them in the morning
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then, the Cry seized them by the morning
Shabbir Ahmed
And so the blast (of Our Requital) overtook them early in the morning
Dr. Munir Munshey
A mighty blast grabbed them in the morning
Syed Vickar Ahamed
But the blast (explosion) overtook them on, early in the morning
But the shriek seized them at early morning
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
So the scream took them in the morning
Abdel Haleem
the blast overwhelmed them early in the morning
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then the shout took hold of them in the early morn
Ahmed Ali
But they were seized by the mighty blast towards the morning
Aisha Bewley
but the Great Blast seized hold of them in the morning,
Ali Ünal
But the awful blast seized them in the morning
Ali Quli Qara'i
So the Cry seized them at dawn
Hamid S. Aziz
But the mighty blast seized them in the morning
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
But the awful blast took them in the morning.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
But the mighty blast seized them one morning
Musharraf Hussain
until the Blast overtook them at dawn;
Maududi
Then the Blast caught them in the mornin
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So the scream took them in the morning.
Mohammad Shafi
So the terribly rumbling sound seized them in the morning
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then the roaring voice overtook them in the morning.
The disaster hit them in the morning.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But the Shout seized them in the morning
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So the cry overtook them in the morning
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So the loud strong cry/torture raid took/punished them in the morning/daybreak
Bijan Moeinian
Then a rumbling overtook them in the morning (that made their secure houses of no protection to them.
Faridul Haque
So the scream overcame them at morning
Sher Ali
But the punishment seized them in the morning
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And the dreadful blast seized them (as well) the moment it dawned
Amatul Rahman Omar
But the dreadful punishment overtook them in the morning
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
But As-Saeehah (torment - awful cry etc.) overtook them in the early morning (of the fourth day of their promised punishment days)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And so the mighty shriek seized them in the morning.
Munir Mezyed
So the (dreadful) cry seized them at sunrise in the early morning.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then the roar overtook them in the morning.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The blast [of a disaster] struck them one morning.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
But the Shout took them away by the morning,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
So the Blast caught them early one morning
Samy Mahdy
So, the scream took them in the morning.
Sayyid Qutb
But the blast [of punishment] overtook them at early morning.
Ahmed Hulusi
But that terrifying vibrational blast (volcanic eruption) seized them too in the early morning.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
So the (violent) blast overtook them in the morning.
Nonetheless a single cry* from heaven's realm stirred up a merciless rumbling earthly convulsion which overtook them by day light
Mir Aneesuddin
So the loud cry seized them at morning.
The Wise Quran
But the noise caught them in the morning;