Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
with the lote-tree veiled in a veil of nameless splendour…
M. M. Pickthall
When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!
Safi Kaskas
where that Sidra was shrouded [in mystery] with what shrouded it.
Wahiduddin Khan
when the lote tree was covered in mystic splendour
Shakir
When that which covers covered the lote-tree
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
when overcomes the Lote Tree what overcomes it.
T.B.Irving
When whatever covered the Hawthorn covered it,
Abdul Hye
When that lote-tree was covered with what covered it,
The Study Quran
when there covered the lote tree that which covered
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the Lote Tree was shrouded by what shrouded it.
Talal Itani (2012)
As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it
Dr. Kamal Omar
When covered the lote-tree whatever did cover it
When that Lote-tree was covered with what covered it
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
As that which envelops did envelop the Lote-Tree
Muhammad Sarwar
When the tree was covered with a covering
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
when the lote-tree was covered by that which covered it
Shabbir Ahmed
Overwhelming is the spectacle at the overwhelming Ultimate Mark
Dr. Munir Munshey
The Lotus tree was veiled over by (the nameless splendor), that which covered it (entirely)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
When the lote-tree was covered (in mystic wisdom that cannot be spoken!
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The whole place was overwhelmed
Abdel Haleem
when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour]
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
When that covered the lote-tree which covered it
Ahmed Ali
When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over
Aisha Bewley
when that which covered the Lote-tree covered it.
Ali Ünal
Meanwhile that was covering the Lote-tree which was covering it
Ali Quli Qara'i
when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it
Hamid S. Aziz
When that which shrouds (in mystery) covered the Lote-tree
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When the Lote (Sidra) tree was covered by what covers,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Behold, the lotus-tree was shrouded
Musharraf Hussain
The Lote Tree was covered with indescribable splendour;
Maududi
(This was) when the lote-tree was covered with that which covered it
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The whole place was overwhelmed.
Mohammad Shafi
When what covers the Sidr covered i
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
When that was covering the Lote-Tree, which was covering.
The whole place was overwhelmed.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When there comes to the Lote Tree, that which come
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When that which covers covered the lote-tree
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
When what covers/darkens covers/darkens the lote-tree
Bijan Moeinian
The Lote-tree was shrouded
Faridul Haque
When the lote-tree was being enveloped, by whatever around it
Sher Ali
This was when that, which covers, covered the lote-tree
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
When theophanies (i.e., effulgent disclosures) of the divine light wrapped up al-Sidra (the Lote-Tree at the Far End), covering it expansively.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(This was) when the sublime thing (- the Divine Manifestation) which was to cover Sidrah had covered it
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
At a time when He was covering the Lote-Tree with that which He covered.
Munir Mezyed
When Sidrat al-Muntahā was covered with that which covers.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
When the cedar tree was completely covered.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The lote tree is shrouded [in mystery] with what encircles it.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
when there covered the Lote-tree what covered it.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When whatever covered the Hawthorn covered it,
Samy Mahdy
When over-covered the Lotus Tree what is over-covered it.
Ahmed Hulusi
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered it (the light of the reality covered his being as he lost his sense of being a body)!
Mir Aneesuddin
when that covered the lote tree which covered.
The site which no one can conceive what embellishment overlays it, a Sidra ornamented by what no eye has seen nor ear heard
The Wise Quran
When what covers covered the lote tree.