Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Said [Iblis]: “Then, O my Sustainer, grant me a respite till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead!”
M. M. Pickthall
He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Satan appealed, “My Lord! Then delay my end until the Day of their resurrection.”
Safi Kaskas
[Iblīs ] said, "My Lord, reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
Wahiduddin Khan
But Satan said, My Lord, grant me respite until the Day of Resurrection
Shakir
He said: My Lord! then respite me to the day that they are raised
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Iblis said: My Lord! Then, give me respite until the Day to be raised up.
T.B.Irving
He said: "My Lord, let me wait until the day when they will be raised up again,"
Abdul Hye
(Satan) said: “My Lord! Then give me respite till the Day is resurrected.”
The Study Quran
He said, “My Lord! Grant me respite till the Day they are resurrected.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He said, “My Lord, allow me to remain until the Day they’re resurrected.”
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'Lord, defer me until the Day they are resurrected.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Iblis) said: “My Nourisher-Sustainer! Then grant me respite till the day the people shall be resurrected.”
Iblees said: "O Lord! Then give me respite till the Day of Resurrection."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Said he, "Lord! Respite me then to the Day (when) they are made to rise again."
Muhammad Sarwar
He said, "Lord, grant me respite until the Day of Resurrection"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He said, .O my Lord, then give me respite till the day they are raised again
Shabbir Ahmed
Iblis said, "Then, My Lord! Give me respite till the Day when they are raised."
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Iblees) said, "My Lord, give me a chance (to prove my point) till the day they shall be raised (back to life)."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(Satan) said: "O my Lord! Then give me time (of relief) till the Day when the (dead) are Resurrected."
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, respite me till the Day they are resurrected."
Abdel Haleem
but Iblis said, ‘My Lord, grant me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead,’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He said: my Lord! respite me till the Day whereon they are raised up
Ahmed Ali
He said: "O Lord, give me respite till the day the dead rise from their graves."
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´My Lord, grant me a reprieve until the Day they are raised again.´
Ali Ünal
He said: "My Lord, grant me respite till the Day when they are raised (from the dead)!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’
Hamid S. Aziz
He said, "My Lord! then reprieve me till the day that they are raised."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He said: “Give me time until the day they are raised.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Lucifer said, “O my Lord, then give me respite, until the day they are raised.
Musharraf Hussain
Iblis said, “My Lord, give me time till the day they’re resurrected.”
Maududi
Satan said: "My Lord, then grant me respite till the Day that they are raised up."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "My Lord, respite me until the Day they are resurrected.
Mohammad Shafi
Iblees said, "My Lord! Give me respite then till the Day of Resurrection!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He said, 'O my Lord, if it is so then grant me respite till the day when they are raised'.
He said, "My Lord, respite me till the Day of Resurrection."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He (satan) replied: 'Respite me my Lord till the Day of Resurrection.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: My Lord, respite me to the day that they are raised
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "My Lord so give me time/delay me to a day/time they be sent/resurrected/revived."
Bijan Moeinian
The Satan said: “then give me a break till the Day of resurrection.”
Faridul Haque
He said, “My Lord! Therefore give me respite till the day when all will be raised.”
Sher Ali
He said, `My Lord, then grant me respite till the day when they shall be raised.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He said: ‘O Lord, then give me respite (to remain alive) till the Day when they are raised alive from the graves.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Iblis) said, `My Lord! reprieve me till the day when the people are raised to life (spiritually whether here or in the Hereafter).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(Iblees (Satan)) said: "My Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are resurrected."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He said, “O my Lord! Then give me respite until the day they shall be raised.”
Munir Mezyed
He said: "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they will be raised."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He said: my Lord, then give me time till the day when they are resurrected.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
(Iblis) said, “My Lord, give me respite until the day they are resurrected.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “My Lord, then reprieve me until the day they are resurrected.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He said: "My Lord, let me wait until the day when they will be raised up again,"
Samy Mahdy
He said, “My Lord, so respite me to a Day of their raising.”
Sayyid Qutb
Said [Iblīs]: 'My Lord! Grant me a respite till Resurrection Day.'
Ahmed Hulusi
(Iblis) said, “My Rabb! Reprieve me until the time of (their death) resurrection (so that I may use my forces against them).”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He said: O Lord! Then respite me till the Day they shall be raised,
And there, Iblis said: "Then give me respite O Allah, my Creator till the Day they are resurrected."
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, “My Fosterer! give me time till the day they are raised.”
The Wise Quran
He said, 'My Lord! Then respite me until the day they shall be raised.'