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Muhammad Asad   
VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Surely the Day of Verdict has been (set) as a fixed time
Safi Kaskas   
The Day of Decision has been appointed.

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Arabic   
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
Arabic   
إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا
www.quran.live   
inna yawma l-faṣli kāna mīqātan
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Indeed, the Day of Decision (i.e., Judgement) is an appointed time
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Indeed, (the) Day (of) the Judgment is an appointed time,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] has indeed its appointed time
M. M. Pickthall   
Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
Indeed, the Day of ˹Final˺ Decision is an appointed time—
Safi Kaskas   
The Day of Decision has been appointed.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Surely, the Day of Judgement has an appointed time
Shakir   
Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Truly, the Day of Decision would be a time appointed,
T.B.Irving   
The day for Sorting has been appointed,
Abdul Hye   
Surely, the Day of decision is a fixed time.
The Study Quran   
Truly the Day of Division is a Moment Appointed
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
The Day of Sorting is an appointed time.
Talal Itani (2012)   
The Day of Sorting has been appointed
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Verily, Youmul Fasl (the Day of Decision) is (to occur at) a fixed time
M. Farook Malik   
The Day of decision is already fixed
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Surely the Day of Verdict has been (set) as a fixed time
Muhammad Sarwar   
The Day of Judgment will certainly be the final appointment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time
Shabbir Ahmed   
Behold, the Day of Decision is a thing appointed
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Certainly! The Day of Decision is a (destined and) definite day
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
Surely, the Day of Judgment is an event appointed—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
The Day of Separation is the designated time.
Abdel Haleem   
A time has been appointed for the Day of Decision
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Verily the Day of Decision is a time appointed
Ahmed Ali   
Surely a time is fixed for the Day of Judgement
Aisha Bewley   
The Day of Decision is a fixed appointment:
Ali Ünal   
Now assuredly, the Day of Judgment and Distinction is a time appointed (as the result of all that takes place in this world)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Indeed the Day of Judgement is the tryst
Hamid S. Aziz   
Surely the Day of Decision (or Sorting ) is a thing appointed
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Indeed, the day of separation/decision is an appointed time.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Indeed the day of sorting out is a thing appointed
Musharraf Hussain   
The time for the Day of Distinction is fixed;
Maududi   
Surely the Day of Judgement has an appointed time
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Day of Separation is an appointed time.
Mohammad Shafi   
Indeed, the Day of Decision is a divinely appointed time

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Undoubtedly, the Day of Decision has an appointed time.
Rashad Khalifa   
The Day of Decision is appointed
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Surely the day of Decision is appointed -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
That truly the Judgment Day/Separation Day/Resurrection Day was an appointed time
Bijan Moeinian   
The same Mighty Lord Who did all the above has appointed a day of judgment
Faridul Haque   
Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed
Sher Ali   
Surely, the Day of Decision is an appointed time
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(Observing these signs of Our Might, know that) the Day of Judgment (i.e., Resurrection too) is certainly a fixed time
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Surely, the Day of Judgment is an appointed time
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time
George Sale   
Verily the day of separation is a fixed period
Edward Henry Palmer   
Verily, the day of decision is an appointed time
John Medows Rodwell   
Lo! the day of Severance is fixed
N J Dawood (2014)   
Fixed is the Day of Judgement

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
Truly the day of the judgment is indeed a well-appointed time.
Munir Mezyed   
Most surely the Day of Decision is an appointed time.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
For the day of division is an appointment.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Truly, the day of discernment has an appointed time.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Indeed, the Day of Decision has been appointed:
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
The day for Sorting has been appointed,
Samy Mahdy   
Surely, the decisive adjudication day is an appointed time.
Sayyid Qutb   
Fixed is the Day of Decision.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Indeed, that time (of sorting and separating) is an appointed time.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
Surely the Day of Decision has a set time
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
Verily the Day of Sorting out is (a day) appointe
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Indeed the Day of Judgment foreordained falls at an absolute time Predestinated
Mir Aneesuddin   
The day of decision is certainly fixed.
The Wise Quran   
Indeed, the Day of Decision is an appointed time.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Indeed, (the) Day (of) the Judgment is an appointed time
OLD Transliteration   
Inna yawma alfasli kana meeqatan