Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and when the stars lose their light
M. M. Pickthall
And when the stars fall
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When the stars fall, losing their lustre
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and when the stars fall down,
Safi Kaskas
and the stars are dispersed,
Wahiduddin Khan
and when the stars lose their light
Shakir
And when the stars darken
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and when the stars plunge down
T.B.Irving
when the stars slip out of place,
Abdul Hye
and when the stars will fall;
The Study Quran
and when the stars fade away
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
When the stars are darkened.
Talal Itani (2012)
When the stars are dimmed
Dr. Kamal Omar
and when the stars lost the light and lustre
when the stars will loose their luster
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And when the stars will be turbid
Muhammad Sarwar
the stars are made to fade away
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when the stars will swoop down
Shabbir Ahmed
And when the stars lose their glow. (Tribal dictatorships fall)
Dr. Munir Munshey
And the stars are rendered dim and dusty
Syed Vickar Ahamed
When the stars fall, losing their glitter
And when the stars fall, dispersing
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And when the stars cannot be seen
Abdel Haleem
when the stars are dimmed
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And when the stars shall dart down
Ahmed Ali
The stars turn dim and scatter
Aisha Bewley
when the stars fall in rapid succession,
Ali Ünal
And when the stars fall (losing their luster)
Ali Quli Qara'i
when the stars scatter
Hamid S. Aziz
And when the stars darken
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and when the stars are dimmed
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
When the stars fall, losing their luster
Musharraf Hussain
when the stars are dimmed,
Maududi
when the stars shall scatter away
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And when the stars cannot be seen.
Mohammad Shafi
And when the stars lose their lustre
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And when the stars crash down.
Munir Mezyed
When the stars are made to fall down and lose their luster:
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And when the stars darken,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
When the stars fade away!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and when the stars are dimmed,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
when the stars slip out of place,
Samy Mahdy
And when the stars are dimmed.
Sayyid Qutb
when the stars fall and disperse,
Ahmed Hulusi
And the stars are darkened (thought processes cease – ideas shed no light),
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
"and when the stars fall,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And when the stars darken
The stars emit no light, lose aspect, contribute to cosmic catastrophes and they are no longer in trim
Mir Aneesuddin
and when the stars become hazy ,
The Wise Quran
And when the stars fall,