Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[And so, on Resurrection Day, the sinner] will ask: "O my Sustainer! Why hast Thou raised me up blind, whereas [on earth] I was endowed with sight?"
M. M. Pickthall
He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither) blind, when I was wont to see
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They will cry, “My Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, although I used to see?”
Safi Kaskas
He will say, “My Lord, why have you raised me blind, whereas I was able to see before?”
Wahiduddin Khan
and he will ask, Lord, why have You raised me up blind, while I possessed sight before
Shakir
He shall say: My Lord! why hast Thou raised me blind and I was a seeing one indeed
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He would say: My Lord! Why hadst Thou assembled me with the unseeing when, surely, I had been seeing?
T.B.Irving
He will say: "My Lord, why have you summoned me as a blind person when was I sighted?"
Abdul Hye
He will say: “O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind while indeed I had clear sight (before)?”
The Study Quran
He will say, “My Lord! Why hast Thou raised me blind, when I used to see?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He will protest, “My Lord, why did You resurrect me blind, though I was sighted?”
Talal Itani (2012)
He will say, 'My Lord, why did You raise me blind, though I was seeing?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
He said: “My Nourisher-Sustainer! Why have you raised me up blind, while indeed, I had been strong in eyesight?
He will say: "O Lord! Why have you raised me up blind here, while I was clear-sighted before?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He will say, "Lord! Why have You mustered me blind, and I was already constantly beholding?"
Muhammad Sarwar
He will say, "My Lord, why have you brought me back to life blind; before I could see?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He will say, .My Lord, why did you raise me blind while I was sighted?
Shabbir Ahmed
He will wonder, "My Lord, why did you gather me blind when I used to see?" (22:46)
Dr. Munir Munshey
He shall say, "Lord, why did You raise me blind? I used to be endowed with eyesight?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He (the disbeliever) will say: "O my Lord! Why have You raised me up blind whereas I had sight (before)?"
He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, you have raised me blind while I used to be able to see"
Abdel Haleem
and he will say, ‘Lord, why did You bring me here blind? I was sighted before!’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He will say: O my Lord! why hast Thou gathered me sightless whereas surely I have been a seer
Ahmed Ali
He will ask: "O Lord, why have you raised me blind when I was able to see?"
Aisha Bewley
He will say, ´My Lord, why have you gathered me blind when before I was able to see?´
Ali Ünal
He says: "My Lord, why have You raised me up blind, while I used to be seeing (in my life of the world)?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
He will say, ‘My Lord! Why have You raised me blind, though I used to see?’
Hamid S. Aziz
He shall say, "My Lord! Wherefore have you gathered me blind when I used to see?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He will say: “My Lord, why did you gather me as a blind, while I could see (before)?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He will say, “O my Lord, why have You raised me up blind when I had sight?
Musharraf Hussain
He will say, “My Lord, why did you raise me up blind, I was sighted in the world? ”
Maududi
where-upon he will say: "Lord! Why have You raised me blind when I had sight in the world?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, you have raised me blind while I used to be able to see?"
Mohammad Shafi
He will say, "My Lord! Why have You raised me blind? And I was certainly one able to see!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He will say, 'O My Lord, why you have raised me blind while I possessed sight'?
He will say, "My Lord, why did you summon me blind, when I used to be a seer?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'My Lord, ' he will say: 'why have You raised me blind when I was able to see?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He will say: My Lord, why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I used to see
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "My Lord why (have) you gathered me blind/confused and I had been seeing/understanding ?"
Bijan Moeinian
Such a person will ask: “My Lord, how come you raised me blind while I had eye sight before?”
Faridul Haque
He will say, "O my Lord, why have You raised me blind, whereas I was sighted?"
Sher Ali
He will say, `My Lord, why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I possessed sight before?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He will say: ‘O my Lord, why have You raised me up blind (Today) whereas I had vision (in the world)?
Amatul Rahman Omar
He will say, `My Lord! what for have You raised me up in a state of blindness, while I possessed good sight before?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He will say:"O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He will say [on the day of resurrection], “O My Lord, why have you raised me a blind while I was seeing [in the past life]?”
Munir Mezyed
He will say: "O’ my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, when I was endowed with sight?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He will say: my Lord, why did You gather me blind when I could see?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He/she will say, “My Lord, why have you raised me up unseeing when I was seeing?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “My Lord, why did You herd me blind though I used to see?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He will say: "My Lord, why have you summoned me as a blind person when was I sighted?"
Samy Mahdy
He said, “My Lord, why did You muster me blind, and already I was seeing?”
Sayyid Qutb
'Lord,' he will say, 'why have You raised me up blind, while I was endowed with sight?'
Ahmed Hulusi
(Then) he will ask, “My Rabb, why have you raised me up as blind, while my eyes were able to see (in the world)?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He will say: 'My Lord! Why have You raised me blind, whereas indeed I was a seeing one (in the world)?'
Then shall he say: "O Allah, my Creator, wherefore You thronged me blind when in life I was able to see and to argue and defend myself!"
Mir Aneesuddin
He will say, "My Fosterer! why did you raise me blind when I was one with sight (in the life of the world)?"
The Wise Quran
He shall say, 'My Lord! Why have you gathered me blind while verily I used to see?'