Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
behold, we stand in awe of our Sustainer's judgment on a distressful, fateful Day!"
M. M. Pickthall
Lo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of our Lord."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
We fear from our Lord a horribly distressful Day.”
Safi Kaskas
We simply dread an austere and stressful Day promised by our Lord."
Wahiduddin Khan
Truly, we fear from our Lord a woefully grim Day
Shakir
Surely we fear from our Lord a stern, distressful day
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Truly, we fear our Lord on a frowning, inauspicious Day.
T.B.Irving
We fear a gloomy, dismal day from our Lord."
Abdul Hye
Surely, we fear from our Lord a hard and distressful Day that will make the faces look horrible.”
The Study Quran
Truly we fear from our Lord a grim, calamitous day.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
We fear from our Lord a frowning, grim Day.”
Talal Itani (2012)
We dread from our Lord a frowning grim Day.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
Verily, we fear from our Nourisher-Sustainer a Day extremely distressful, tremendously horrible.”
for we dread from our Lord's torment of a very distressful Day."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Surely we fear from our Lord a most frowning Day most inauspicious."
Muhammad Sarwar
We are afraid of our Lord and the bitterly distressful day"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
In fact, we are fearful of a day, from the side of our Lord, that will be frowning, extremely malignant
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, we stand in awe of our Lord to ward off the times when the society might become a picture of frown and distress."
Dr. Munir Munshey
"In fact, we fear a dreary day of affliction from our Lord, a very long day (indeed)!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"Verily, We only fear a Day of painful suffering (that may arrive) from the side of our Lord."
Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"We fear from our Lord a Day, which will be horrible and difficult."
Abdel Haleem
We fear the Day of our Lord––a woefully grim Day.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Verily we dread from our Lord a Day grim and distressful
Ahmed Ali
We fear the dismal day calamitous from our Lord."
Aisha Bewley
Truly We fear from our Lord a glowering, calamitous Day.´
Ali Ünal
"We are surely fearful of a Day from our Lord, (a Day) of frowning and severity (toward the guilty)."
Ali Quli Qara'i
Indeed we fear from our Lord a day, frowning and fateful.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Surely we fear from our Lord a stern, distressful day
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
we are afraid of our Lord in a harsh and distressful day.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“Indeed we fear a day of distressful punishment.
Musharraf Hussain
We fear a Day of calamity and destruction, coming from Our Lord.”
Maududi
we fear from our Lord a Day that shall be long and distressful."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"We fear from our Lord a Day, which will be horrible and difficult."
Mohammad Shafi
"We do indeed fear from our Lord a distressful, disastrous Day!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Undoubtedly, we fear from our Lord a day, which is frowning and very hard.
"We fear from our Lord a day that is full of misery and trouble."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
for we fear from our Lord a stern, frownful Day.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Surely we fear from our Lord a stern, distressful day
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
We (E), fear from our Lord a severe (gloomy) difficult/evil day/time."
Bijan Moeinian
Indeed we are afraid of the stern and distressful day of judgment
Faridul Haque
“Indeed we fear from our Lord a day which is extremely bitter, most severe.”
Sher Ali
`Verily, we fear from our Lord a frowning, distressful day.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
We fear from our Lord the Day which will make (the faces) look very dark (and) ugly.
Amatul Rahman Omar
`We surely fear from our Lord (the punishment of) a day (on which the wrong doers will be) frowning and distressful.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"Verily, We fear from our Lord a Day, hard and distressful, that will make the faces look horrible (from extreme dislikeness to it)."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
We indeed fear from our Lord a day which is frowning and somber.
Munir Mezyed
Lo! We stand in awe of a shockingly stressful day from our Lord."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
For we fear from our Lord an extensive gloomy day.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“We fear from our Lord a day of severe difficulty [if we do not follow His will].”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Indeed, we fear from our Lord a frowning, grim day.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They say, “Can it be that we will really be restored to the original condition?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
We fear a gloomy, dismal day from our Lord."
Samy Mahdy
Surely, we fear from our Lord a frowning stressful Day.”
Ahmed Hulusi
“We fear from our Rabb a wrathful and intense time.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
We only fear from our Lord a Day, frowningly severe
" We dread Allah's righteous indignation on an endless drastically distressful Day"
Mir Aneesuddin
We certainly fear from our Fosterer, a distressful day of frowning.”
The Wise Quran
Indeed, we fear from our Lord a distressful, calamitous day.'