Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and so they ask, “When is this promise [of resurrection and judgment] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!”
M. M. Pickthall
And they say: When is this promise (to be fulfilled) if ye are truthful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And they ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?”
Safi Kaskas
And they say, "When is this promise coming if you are truthful?"
Wahiduddin Khan
They ask, When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful
Shakir
And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if you are truthful
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And they say: When is this promise if you had been ones who are sincere?
T.B.Irving
and they say: "When will this promise be if you (all) have been so truthful?"
Abdul Hye
And they say: “When is this Promise (the Day of Resurrection will be fulfilled) if you are truthful?”
The Study Quran
And they say, “When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They ask, “When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?”
Talal Itani (2012)
And they say, 'When is this promise due, if you are truthful?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
And people say: “When this promise is to be fulfilled if you are truthful?
They ask you: "When will this promise of resurrection be fulfilled, if you are telling the truth?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), in case you are sincere?"
Muhammad Sarwar
They say, "When will the Day of Judgment be if what you say is true?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They say, . When will this promise (of the Day of Judgment) be fulfilled, if you are truthful?
Shabbir Ahmed
They keep saying, "When will the promise be fulfilled, if you believers are men of truth?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
They just keep saying, "When will that promise come about, if you are telling the truth?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And they say: "When will this promise (come true), if you are (really) telling the truth?"
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And they Say: "When is this promise, if you are truthful"
Abdel Haleem
And they say, ‘If what you say is true, when will this promise be fulfilled?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they say: when is this promise to be fulfilled if ye say sooth
Ahmed Ali
Instead they say: "When is this promise going to be, if you speak the truth?"
Aisha Bewley
They say, ´When will this promise come about if you are telling the truth?´
Ali Ünal
They say: "When is this promise (of judgment) to be fulfilled, if you are truthful (in your claim)?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’
Hamid S. Aziz
And they say, "When will this promise be (fulfiled) if you are truthful?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And they say: “When is this promise if you are truthful?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They say, “When will this promise come to pass if you are telling the truth?
Musharraf Hussain
And they say, “When will this promise be fulfilled , if you are telling the truth?”
Maududi
They ask you: "When will this promise (of Resurrection) be fulfilled, if what you say is true?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And they say: "When is this promise, if you are truthful?
Mohammad Shafi
And they ask, "When is this promise going to be fulfilled, if what you say is true?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And they say, 'when, shall this promise come, if you are truthful.'
They challenge, "When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They ask: 'When, if what you say is true, will this promise come?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled), if you are truthful
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And they say: "When (is) that the promise if you where truthful?"
Bijan Moeinian
[Instead of being appreciative,] They say: “Let the Day of Judgment be today, if you are truthful!”
Faridul Haque
And they say, “When will this promise come, if you are truthful
Sher Ali
And they say, `When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And they say: ‘When will this promise (of the Last Hour) come true if you are truthful?
Amatul Rahman Omar
And they say, `Tell us, if you speak the truth when this promise will be (fulfilled).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And they say: "When is this promise (i.e. the Day of Resurrection will be fulfilled) if you are truthful?"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And they say, “When will this promise be fulfilled if you are indeed truthful?”
Munir Mezyed
They say: "When will this promise (be fulfilled ) if you are truthful?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And they say: when will this promise happen if you are truthful?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Thus they say, “When is this promise due, if youpl are truthful?”
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They say, “When will this promise happen, if you are telling the truth?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
and they say: "When will this promise be if you (all) have been so truthful?"
Samy Mahdy
And they say, “When is this promise, if you are truthful?”
Sayyid Qutb
They ask: When is this promise to be fulfilled, if what you say be true?'
Thomas Cleary
And they say, “When is this promise to be, if you are truthful?"
Ahmed Hulusi
“When will this promise (regarding what will be experienced through death) be fulfilled; tell us, if you are of the truthful?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if you are truthful ?
For this reason they doubt Judgement and they ask: "when will that promise of Judgement be fulfilled if indeed you declare the truth"
Mir Aneesuddin
And they say, “When will this promise (be fulfilled) if you are truthful?”
The Wise Quran
And they say, 'When shall this promise be, if you are truthful?'