Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
they are dead, not living, and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead
M. M. Pickthall
(They are) dead, not living. And they know not when they will be raised
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will be raised up
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They are dead, not alive—not even knowing when their followers will be resurrected.
Safi Kaskas
They are, in fact, dead, not living, and they do not [even] know when they will be resurrected.
Wahiduddin Khan
They are dead, not living; nor do they know when they will be raised to life
Shakir
Dead (are they), not living, and they know not when they shall be raised
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They are lifeless, not living. And they are not aware when they will be raised up.
T.B.Irving
dead, lifeless, they do not even perceive the times when they will be raised up again.
Abdul Hye
(They are) dead, lifeless, and they don’t know when they will be resurrected.
The Study Quran
[They are] dead, not living, and they are not aware of when they will be resurrected
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They are dead, not alive, and they don’t perceive when they’ll be resurrected.
Talal Itani (2012)
They are dead, not alive; and they do not know when they will be resurrected
Dr. Kamal Omar
(They in their graves and their resting places are) dead people, quite different from the living-ones, and they sense not as to when they would be Resurrected
They are dead, not living; they do not even know when they will be raised to life again
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Dead, not alive, (i.e. other than being alive) and in no way are they aware whence they will be made to rise again
Muhammad Sarwar
They are not living but are dead. They can not know when they will be raised
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
they are dead, having no life, and they do not know when they shall be raised again
Shabbir Ahmed
(Powerless are the so-called saints, mystics and monks, whom you make holier and holier with the passage of time.) They are dead, disintegrated bodies, not living. They are not even aware when they will be raised. (And you still call upon them for help!
Dr. Munir Munshey
They are lifeless, not alive! They have no idea when they will be resurrected
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(They are) dead, lifeless: And they do not know when they will be raised up (themselves)
They are, [in fact], dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They are dead, not alive, and they will not know when they are resurrected
Abdel Haleem
They are dead, not living. They do not know when they will be raised up
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Dead are they, not alive; and they perceive not when they will be raised up
Ahmed Ali
Dead, without life they are, and do not know when they will be raised
Aisha Bewley
They are dead, not alive, and they are not aware of when they will be raised.
Ali Ünal
Dead (they are), not living (nor can they give life, being themselves in need of it). And they do not know when they will be raised to life
Ali Quli Qara'i
They are dead, not living, and are not aware when they will be resurrected
Hamid S. Aziz
Dead, not living, nor can they know when they shall be raised
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
(They are) dead, not alive, and they do not realize when they will be raised.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They are dead, lifeless, and they do not know when they will be raised up
Musharraf Hussain
they are dead, lifeless and unaware of when they will be resurrected.
Maududi
they are dead, not living. They do not even know when they will be resurrected
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They are dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.
Mohammad Shafi
They are dead — not living — and they know not when they shall be raised
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They are dead. Not alive. And they do not know nor when the people will be raised.
They are dead, not alive, and they have no idea how or when they will be resurrected.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They are dead, not living; and they do not know when they will be raised (to life)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Dead (are they), not living. And they know not when they will be raised
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Deads other than alive, and they do not feel/know/sense when they are being sent/resurrected/revived
Bijan Moeinian
Such idols are dead. They do not have any spirit. They have no idea when they will be resurrected
Faridul Haque
They are dead, not alive; and they do not know when will the people be raised
Sher Ali
They are dead, not living; and they know not when they will be raised
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(They) are non-living, inanimate objects which do not (even) sense when the people will be raised up
Amatul Rahman Omar
They are dead, not alive. And they do not perceive when they shall be raised (to life again)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(They are) dead, lifeless, and they know not when they will be raised up
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They are dead and not living nor are they aware of when they will be raised.
Munir Mezyed
(They are) dead, lifeless. They don’t even know when they ‘ll be resurrected.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They are dead, not alive, and they have no idea when they will be raised.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Dead and lifeless, they do not know when they will be resurrected.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
(They are, in fact) dead, not alive, and they are unaware of when they will be resurrected.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
dead, lifeless, they do not even perceive the times when they will be raised up again.
Samy Mahdy
They are dead, not alive; and they are unaware when they will be raised.
Sayyid Qutb
They are dead, not living, and they do not know when they will be raised back to life.
Ahmed Hulusi
They are (living) dead, devoid of (the quality of) Hayy (the knowledge of the reality)... They are not conscious of when they will be resurrected (recreated with a new form).
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
(They are) dead, not alive, and they do not know when they will be raised.
Inanimate dumb idols and lifeless objects insensible to feeling and knowing, unaffected by anything specified. They do not perceive resurrection nor when shall their devotees be resurrected
Mir Aneesuddin
(They are) dead, not alive and they do not perceive when they will be raised.
The Wise Quran
Dead, not living, and they do not perceive when they will be raised.