Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
THEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness
M. M. Pickthall
When the sun is overthrown
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
When the sun is put out,
Safi Kaskas
When the sun folds
Wahiduddin Khan
When the sun is folded up
Shakir
When the sun is covered
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
When the sun will be darkened
T.B.Irving
When the sun has been extinguished,
Abdul Hye
When the sun will cease to shine (overthrown);
The Study Quran
When the sun is enfolded
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the sun is wrapped up.
Talal Itani (2012)
When the sun is rolled up
Dr. Kamal Omar
When the sun is Kuwwirat (wrapped up as a round body)
When the sun will cease to shine
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
When the sun will be rolled, (i.e., folded; compressed)
Muhammad Sarwar
(On the day) when the sun is made to cease shining
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
When the sun will be folded up
Shabbir Ahmed
When the Sun is folded up. (Monarchies come to an end)
Dr. Munir Munshey
When the sun (and the solar system) is wrapped up
Syed Vickar Ahamed
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
When the sun implodes
Abdel Haleem
When the sun is shrouded in darkness
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
When the sun shall be wound round
Ahmed Ali
WHEN THE SUN is folded up
Aisha Bewley
When the sun is compacted in blackness,
Ali Ünal
When the sun is folded up (and darkened)
Ali Quli Qara'i
When the sun is wound up
Hamid S. Aziz
When the sun is overthrown (or folded up)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
When the sun is rolled up
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
When the sun is folded up
Musharraf Hussain
When the sun is shrouded,
Maududi
When the sun shall be folded up
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
When the sun extends.
Mohammad Shafi
When the sun is folded up
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
When the sun is folded up.
Munir Mezyed
When the sun is darkened:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
When the sun collapses,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When the sun folds!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
When the sun is rolled up,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
When the sun has been extinguished,
Samy Mahdy
When the sun is rolled up hard.
Sayyid Qutb
When the sun is darkened,
Ahmed Hulusi
When the Sun is wrapped up (when the mind loses its power in the sight of the reality),
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"When the sun is folded up,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
When the sun is folded up
When once the sun is contracted and loses light and becomes dim
Mir Aneesuddin
When the sun is made to wind up ,
The Wise Quran
When the sun is wrapped,