Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
on the Day when the earth and the mountains will be convulsed and the mountains will [crumble and] become like a sand-dune on the move
M. M. Pickthall
On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion. And the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
on the Day the earth and mountains will shake ˹violently˺, and mountains will be ˹reduced to˺ dunes of shifting sand.
Safi Kaskas
on the Day when the Earth and the mountains tremble, and the mountains become heaps of sand.
Wahiduddin Khan
on the Day the earth and mountains shall shake and the mountains crumble into shifting sand dunes
Shakir
On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of sand let loose
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
On a Day when the earth will quake and the mountains, and the mountains will become a poured forth heap of sand.
T.B.Irving
Some day the earth and mountains will rumble, and the mountains spill over as if they had been turned into sand.
Abdul Hye
On the Day when the earth and the mountains will be in a violent shake, the mountains will be a heap of sand poured out and flowing.
The Study Quran
on a day when the earth and the mountains shake, and the mountains will be like heaps of shifting sand
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
On the Day when the earth and the mountains will tremble, and the mountains will become like shifting mounds of sand.
Talal Itani (2012)
On the Day when the earth and the mountains tremble, and the mountains become heaps of sand
Dr. Kamal Omar
The Day the earth and the mountains shake violently, and the mountains became a heap of sand crumbling down
On the day when the earth with all its mountains will be in a violent commotion, and the mountains will crumble into heaps of shifting sand
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
On the Day when the earth and the mountains will be in commotion, and the mountains become a heap of sand let loose
Muhammad Sarwar
On that day, the earth and the mountains will be violently shaken, and the mountains will be turned into heaps of moving sand
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
on the Day when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will turn into a slipping heap of sand
Shabbir Ahmed
The Day is coming when the masses and the wealthy tyrants will shake, and the leaders will become heaps of sand
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Let them be) then, till that day when the earth and the mountains would rock and reel violently. The mountains would turn into heaps of loosely packed sand
Syed Vickar Ahamed
On the Day when the earth and the mountains will be in violent bang and the mountains will be like a heap of sand poured out and flowing down
On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The Day the Earth and the mountains shake, and the mountains become crumbling sand
Abdel Haleem
on the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. The mountains will become a heap of loose sand
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
On a Day whereon the earth and the mountains shall quake, and the mountains shall become a sand-heap poured forth
Ahmed Ali
On the day the earth and mountains will rock violently, and the mountains turn to a heap of poured-out sand
Aisha Bewley
on the Day the earth and mountains shake and the mountains become like shifting dunes.
Ali Ünal
On that Day the earth and the mountains will be violently shaken, and the mountains will be as a heap of slipping sand
Ali Quli Qara'i
the day when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will be like dunes of shifting sand
Hamid S. Aziz
On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall become (as) heaps of running sand
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
on the day the earth and the mountains shake, and the mountains become a pile of flowing sands.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
One day the earth and the mountains will be in violent commotion, and the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and flowing down
Musharraf Hussain
The Day when the Earth and the mountains will shake violently, then turning into heaps of sand
Maududi
(They will come across all this) on the Day when the earth and the mountains shall tremble violently and the mountains shall crumble into heaps of scattered sand
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The Day the earth and the mountains shake, and the mountains become a crumbling pile.
Mohammad Shafi
On the Day the earth and mountains shake, and the mountains become sand dunes crumbling down
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
On a day when the earth and the mountains shall quake, and the mountains will become heaps of sand flowing.
The day will come when the earth and the mountains will quake, and the mountains will turn into a weightless pile.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
On the Day when the earth with all its mountains quake and the mountains become heaps of shifting sand
Maulana Muhammad Ali
On the day when the earth and the mountains quake and the mountains become (as) heaps of sand let loose
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
A day/time the earth/Planet Earth and the mountains trembles and shakes , and the mountains were a heap of sand dumped sand or dust
Bijan Moeinian
Pretty soon a day will come when the earth and the mountains will shake so violently that the mountains will transfer into scattered san
Faridul Haque
On a day when the earth and the mountains will tremble, and the mountains turn into dunes of flowing sand
Sher Ali
On the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake, and the mountains will become like crumbling sand-hills
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The Day when the earth and the mountains shall shake violently and mountains will turn into heaps of flying away sand
Amatul Rahman Omar
(That punishment will befall them) on the day when the earth and the mountains shall quake and the mountains shall crumble into heaps of sand dunes
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
On the Day when the earth and the mountains will be in violent shake, and the mountains will be a heap of sand poured out and flowing down
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
The day when the earth and the mountains will quake and the mountains become sand dunes which flow.
Munir Mezyed
And (mention) the day when the earth and the mountains will quake. And the mountains will turn to flowing sand dunes.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
On the day the earth and mountains will tremble, and the mountains will be a pile of rubble.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
One day the earth and the mountains will quake and heave. The mountains will become like piles of sand sliding down.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
on the day when the earth and the mountains tremble and the mountains became heaps of sand.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Some day the earth and mountains will rumble, and the mountains spill over as if they had been turned into sand.
Samy Mahdy
On a Day when the earth and the mountains tremble and the mountains are dunes of flowing sand.
Ahmed Hulusi
At that time the earth (body) and the mountains (ego-identities) will be shaken... And the mountains will become a heap of dust!
Mir Aneesuddin
The day the earth will quake and the mountains (too), and the mountains will become a heap of running sand.
One Day the earth and the mountains shall be thrown into earthquakes, volcanoes and convulsions, and the mountains cave in and become like wind- drifted sand
The Wise Quran
On the day the earth and the mountains quake, and the mountains will be a heap of sand pouring down.