Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness
M. M. Pickthall
That day will faces be resplendent
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be bright,
Safi Kaskas
There are faces on that Day that will be bright,
Wahiduddin Khan
Some faces will be radiant on that Day
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be bright
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Faces on that Day will be ones that beam,
T.B.Irving
Some faces will be radiant on that day,
Abdul Hye
On that Day, some faces will be radiant,
The Study Quran
Faces that Day shall be radiant
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Faces on that Day will be radiant.
Talal Itani (2012)
Faces on that Day will be radiant
Dr. Kamal Omar
Some faces that Day (would be) shining and radiant
On that Day, some faces shall be bright
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Faces upon that Day will be blooming
Muhammad Sarwar
On the Day of Judgment some faces will be bright
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Many faces, that day, will be glowing
Shabbir Ahmed
Some faces that Day will beam with happiness
Dr. Munir Munshey
That day, some faces would be radiant
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Some faces that Day, will glow (in brightness and beauty):—
[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Faces on that Day will be shining
Abdel Haleem
On that Day there will be radiant faces
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Countenances on that Day shall be resplendent
Ahmed Ali
How many faces will be refulgent on that Day
Aisha Bewley
Faces that Day will be radiant,
Ali Ünal
Some faces on that Day will be radiant (with contentment)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Some faces will be fresh on that day
Hamid S. Aziz
Some faces on that Day shall be bright
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
On that day some faces glow (from happiness),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Some faces that day will beam
Musharraf Hussain
That Day, some faces will be shining,
Maududi
Some faces on that Day will be fresh and resplendent
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Faces on that Day will be shining.
Mohammad Shafi
Faces that day will be bright
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Some faces on that day will be fresh.
Some faces, on that day, will be happ
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
On that Day there shall be radiant faces
Maulana Muhammad Ali
(Some) faces that day will be bright
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Faces/fronts, that day (are) beautiful and good (bright/blooming)
Bijan Moeinian
On that day some faces will glow
Faridul Haque
On that day, some faces will shine with freshness
Sher Ali
Some faces on that day will be radiant
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Many faces will be fresh and in full bloom that Day
Amatul Rahman Omar
On that day some faces will be fresh, beaming and bright
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Some faces that Day shall be Nadirah (shining and radiant)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Some faces on that day will be bright.
Munir Mezyed
Some faces, that day, will be brightly glowing,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Faces will shine on that day,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Some faces that day [of resurrection] will beam,…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Some faces on that day are radiant,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Some faces will be radiant on that day,
Samy Mahdy
Faces on that Day are radiant.
Ahmed Hulusi
At that time faces will shine.
Mir Aneesuddin
Faces on that day will be radiant (with happiness)
There and then some faces shall feature radiant countenance expressive of deeply felt joy
The Wise Quran
Faces on that day are bright,