Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
NAY, but when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man]
M. M. Pickthall
Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throa
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit)
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
But no! ˹Beware of the day˺ when the soul reaches the collar bone ˹as it leaves˺,
Safi Kaskas
But when the last breath has reached the throat
Wahiduddin Khan
But when [mans soul] reaches the throat
Shakir
Nay! When it comes up to the throat
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
No indeed! When it reached the collar bones at death
T.B.Irving
Indeed when it reaches as high as one´s collarbone
Abdul Hye
Nay, when it (soul) reaches to the collar bone (up to the throat in its exit),
The Study Quran
Nay! But when it reaches the collarbones
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When it has reached the collarbones.
Talal Itani (2012)
Indeed, when it has reached the breast-bones
Dr. Kamal Omar
Nay! When (the soul of a dying person) has already reached the Taraqiya [this is a plural-word which refers to the Throats, collar-bones or the epi-sternum]
Nay, when a man’s soul is about to leave and reaches to the throat
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Not at all! When it reaches the clavicles
Muhammad Sarwar
Some people, certainly, do not believe in it, but when a person's soul reaches up to his throa
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Never, (you will never remain in this world forever!) When the soul (of a patient) reaches the clavicles
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, when the last breaths come up to the throat
Dr. Munir Munshey
No! In fact when the soul (heaves up and) reaches the collar bone (as it exits the body)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Yes, when (the soul) reaches the collar-bone (as it leaves the body
No! When the soul has reached the collar bone
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Alas, when it reaches the throat
Abdel Haleem
Truly, when the soul reaches the collarbone
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
By no means! When it cometh up to he collar-bone
Ahmed Ali
Never so, for when life withdraws into the clavicula
Aisha Bewley
No indeed! When it reaches the gullet
Ali Ünal
No indeed! (No doubt remains for the meaning of life) when it (the last breath) comes up to the throat
Ali Quli Qara'i
No indeed! When the soul reaches up to the collar bones
Hamid S. Aziz
Nay! When the soul comes up to the throat
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
No way, when it (life) reaches to the collarbones (and the throat),
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Yes, when it reaches to the collarbone
Musharraf Hussain
Nay, when the soul reaches the breastbone,
Maududi
Nay; when a man´s soul reaches up to the throat
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Alas, when it reaches the throat.
Mohammad Shafi
Behold! When in pangs of death
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Yes, when it will reach to the throat.
Indeed, when (the soul) reaches the throat.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
But, when (the soul) reaches the collar bon
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, when it comes up to the throat
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
No, but when/if the collar bones/verge of death reached
Bijan Moeinian
In the moment of death, when the soul comes up to the throat
Faridul Haque
Yes indeed, when the soul will reach up to the throat
Sher Ali
Hearken ! when the soul of the dying man comes up to the throat
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
No indeed! When the soul reaches the throat
Amatul Rahman Omar
Behold! when it (- the soul of a dying person) reaches the throat (to leave his body in death
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Not at all! When it [the soul] reaches the extremity of the throat.
Munir Mezyed
No! But when the soul reaches the collarbone,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
But no, when it (the soul of the dying person) reaches the collarbone,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Undoubtedly, when (the final breath) reaches the throat,…
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
But no! Rather, when it has reached the collarbone,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Indeed when it reaches as high as one's collarbone
Samy Mahdy
Nay, when it has reached the collar bones.
Ahmed Hulusi
No! When the life reaches the collarbones;
Mir Aneesuddin
No, when the (soul) reaches the throat
No, but when the death - rattle is impending and it is time for the soul to part
The Wise Quran
Not so, when it reaches the collarbones,