Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Some faces will on that Day be downcast
M. M. Pickthall
On that day (many) faces will be downcast
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
On that Day ˹some˺ faces will be downcast,
Safi Kaskas
Some faces, that Day, will be humbled,
Wahiduddin Khan
On that Day, there shall be downcast faces
Shakir
(Some) faces on that day shall be downcast
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Faces on that Day will be ones that are humbled,
T.B.Irving
Some faces will be downcast on that day,
Abdul Hye
On that Day some faces will be humiliated (in the hellfire)
The Study Quran
Faces that Day shall be humbled
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Some faces on that day will be humbled.
Talal Itani (2012)
Faces on that Day will be shamed
Dr. Kamal Omar
Some faces that Day would be lowering themselves (in humiliation)
On that Day some faces shall be downcast
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Faces upon that day will be submissive
Muhammad Sarwar
On that day the faces of some people will be humbly cast down
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Many faces that day will be humbled
Shabbir Ahmed
Some faces on that Day will be downcast
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Many) faces that day would be (panic struck and) down cast
Syed Vickar Ahamed
On that Day, some faces will suffer humiliation
[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Faces on that Day which will be shamed
Abdel Haleem
On that Day, there will be downcast faces
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Faces on that Day shall be downcast
Ahmed Ali
Many faces will be contrite on that day
Aisha Bewley
Some faces on that Day will be downcast,
Ali Ünal
Some faces will on that Day be downcast
Ali Quli Qara'i
Some faces on that day will be humbled
Hamid S. Aziz
Some faces on that day shall be humbled
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
On that day (some) faces are humble,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Some faces that day will be humiliated
Musharraf Hussain
Some faces that Day will be humbled,
Maududi
Some faces that Day shall be downcast with fear
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Faces on that Day which will be shamed.
Mohammad Shafi
Faces that Day will be down
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Many faces on that day shall be cast down.
Faces on that day will be shamed
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
On that Day faces shall be humbled
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Faces on that day will be downcast
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Faces/fronts (on) that day (are) humble/submissive
Bijan Moeinian
In that day, some faces will be downward of shame
Faridul Haque
Many a face will be disgraced on that day
Sher Ali
Some faces on that day will be downcast
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Many faces on that Day will be humiliated and degraded
Amatul Rahman Omar
Some persons shall be downcast and humble that day
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Some faces that day will be cast down in humiliation,
Munir Mezyed
Some faces, on that day, will be downcast,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Faces will be downcast that day,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Some faces that day will be humiliated.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Some faces on that day are (subdued) in reverence,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Some faces will be downcast on that day,
Samy Mahdy
Faces on that Day are humbled.
Sayyid Qutb
Some faces on that day are downcast,
Ahmed Hulusi
(Some) faces that day will look down in shame!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
On that day (many) faces will look down (in humility
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Some faces, that Day, will be down cast
Some faces are then incensed with humiliation
Mir Aneesuddin
Faces on that day will be downcast,
The Wise Quran
Faces on that day shall be humble,