Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
SAY: “O my Sustainer! If it be Thy will to let me witness [the fulfillment of] whatever they [who blaspheme against Thee] have been promised [to suffer] –
M. M. Pickthall
Say: My Lord! If Thou shouldst show me that which they are promised
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Say: "O my Lord! if Thou wilt show me (in my lifetime) that which they are warned against,
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “My Lord! Should You show me what they are threatened with,
Safi Kaskas
Say, “My Lord, if You are going to show me what you have promised them
Wahiduddin Khan
Pray, Lord, if you would show me that [the punishment] of which they have been warned
Shakir
Say: O my Lord! if Thou shouldst make me see what they are threatened with
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Say: My Lord! If Thou wilt cause me to see what they are promised,
T.B.Irving
SAY: "My Lord, will you show me what they are threatened with?
Abdul Hye
Say (O Muhammad): “My Lord! If You would show me that with which they are being threatened,
The Study Quran
Say, “My Lord! If Thou showest me what they are promised
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Say, “My Lord! If You should show me what they are promised.
Talal Itani (2012)
Say, 'My Lord, if You would show me what they are promised
Dr. Kamal Omar
Say: “My Nourisher-Sustainer! If you show me what they are promised
Pray: "O my Lord! If You inflict that punishment with which they are being threatened in my lifetime
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Say, "Lord, in case You ever definitely show me what they are promised
Muhammad Sarwar
Say, "Lord, if you will afflict them with punishment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(O prophet) say (in prayer), .O my Lord, if You are to show me (in my life) that (punishment) which they (the infidels) are threatened with
Shabbir Ahmed
(The believer should) pray, "My Lord! If you let me witness (in my life-time) what the wrongdoers are warned against
Dr. Munir Munshey
Say, "My Lord, in case You let me be the witness to the torment they have been promised,"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Say: "O my Lord! If You will (ever) show me that, with which they are threatened (as the Hellfire)—
Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Say: "My Lord, if You show me what they are promised."
Abdel Haleem
Say, ‘Lord, if You are going to show me the punishment You have promised them
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Say thou; my Lord! if Thou wilt shew me that wherewith they are threatened
Ahmed Ali
Say: "O Lord, if I am made to see what has been promised them
Aisha Bewley
Say: ´My Lord, if You let me see what they have been promised,
Ali Ünal
Say: "My Lord, if You let me witness the fulfillment of what they have been promised (to suffer)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Say, ‘My Lord! If You should show me what they are promised
Hamid S. Aziz
Say, "My Lord! if you should show me what they are promised
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Say: “My Lord, I wish You would show me what they are promised.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Say, “O my Lord, show me in my lifetime, that which they are warned against
Musharraf Hussain
Say: “My Lord, if You must show me what they’ve been promised
Maududi
Pray, (O Muhammad): "My Lord, if You should bring the scourge of which they had been warned in my presence
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Say: "My Lord, if You show me what they are promised.
Mohammad Shafi
Say, "My Lord! If You should make me see what they are warned against"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Say you, 'O my Lord, if you would show me with what they are promised'.
Say, "My Lord, whether You show me (the retribution) they have incurred
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Say: 'Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Say: My Lord, if Thou show me that which they are promised -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Say: "My Lord, if you show me what they are being promised."
Bijan Moeinian
Pray: “Lord, if the punishment that you have promised has to happen any moment, …
Faridul Haque
Pray, "My Lord! If You show me the promise they are given,"
Sher Ali
Say, `My Lord, if Thou wilt show me that which they are promised
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Pray: ‘O my Lord, if You would show me that (torment) which they are being promised
Amatul Rahman Omar
Say (in prayer), `My Lord! if you should show me (in my-life time) that (punishment) they are threatened with
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad SAW): " My Lord! If You would show me that with which they are threatened (torment)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Say, “O my Lord, if you do show me that which they are promised [in my life in this world]
Munir Mezyed
Say: “My Lord, If You would show me that which they are promised!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Say: my Lord, if you show me what they have been promised,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Say, “My Lord, perhaps You could show me what they are assured.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Saysg , “My Lord, if You would show me what they are promised,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
SAY: "My Lord, will you show me what they are threatened with?
Samy Mahdy
Say, “My Lord, if you would show me what they are promised.
Sayyid Qutb
Say: 'My Lord! If it be Your will to show me that which they are warned against,
Ahmed Hulusi
Say, “My Rabb, if you are to show me that with which they have been threatened...”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Say: �My Lord! If You show me what (chastisement) they are promised,
And pray: "O Allah, my Creator, if You have destined me to see in my life time the scene of the devastating retributive punishment which they have been promised,"
Mir Aneesuddin
Knower of the unseen and the seen and He is Highly Exalted above that which they associate as partners (with Him).
The Wise Quran
Say, 'My Lord! Whether you show me what they are threatened with,