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Muhammad Asad   
they who [mockingly] ask, “When is that Day of Judgment to be?”
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
Safi Kaskas   
They ask, "When is the Day of Judgment?"

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Arabic   
یَسۡءَلُونَ أَیَّانَ یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٢
Transliteration (2021)   
yasalūna ayyāna yawmu l-dīn
Word for Word
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They ask, "When (is the) Day (of) Judgment?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
they who [mockingly] ask, “When is that Day of Judgment to be?”
M. M. Pickthall   
They ask: When is the Day of Judgment
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?”
Safi Kaskas   
They ask, "When is the Day of Judgment?"
Wahiduddin Khan   
They ask, When will the Day of Judgement come
Shakir   
They ask: When is the day of judgment
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
They ask: When will the Day of Judgment be?
T.B.Irving   
They ask: "When will Doomsday be?"
Abdul Hye   
They ask: “When will be the Day of recompense?”
The Study Quran   
asking, “When is the Day of Judgment?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
They ask, “When is Judgment Day?”
Talal Itani (2012)   
They ask, 'When is the Day of Judgment?'
Dr. Kamal Omar   
They ask: “When will be the Day of Judgment?”
M. Farook Malik   
They ask: "When will the Day of Judgment be?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Asking, "When is the Day of Doom?"
Muhammad Sarwar   
They ask, "When it will be the Day of Judgment?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
They ask, .When shall be the Day of Recompense?
Shabbir Ahmed   
They ask mockingly, "When is the Day of Judgment coming?"
Dr. Munir Munshey   
They ask, "When would that day of reckoning arrive?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
They ask: "When will be the Day of Judgment and Recompense?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
They ask: "When is the Day of Judgment"
Abdel Haleem   
They ask, ‘When is this Judgement Day coming?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
They ask:when is the Day of Requital coming
Ahmed Ali   
They ask: "When is the Day of Judgement?" -
Aisha Bewley   
asking, ´When is the Day of Judgement?´
Ali Ünal   
They ask: "When is the Day of Judgment?"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
They ask, ‘When will be the Day of Retribution?’
Hamid S. Aziz   
They ask, "When will be the day of judgment?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
They ask: “When is the Judgment Day?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
They ask, “When is the Day of Accountability and Justice?
Musharraf Hussain   
They ask, “When will the Judgement Day come?”
Maududi   
They ask: "When will the Day of Judgement be?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
They ask: "When is the Day of Recompense?"
Mohammad Shafi   
They ask, "When will the Judgement Day be?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
They ask, 'when will be the day of judgements'.
Rashad Khalifa   
They question the Day of Judgment.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
'When will the Day of Judgement be? ' they ask
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
They ask: When is the day of Judgment
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
They question/ask when (is) the Judgment Day/the Resurrection Day
Bijan Moeinian   
They jokingly ask: “When will be the Day of Judgment? Why does not it happen soon, if it is true?]&rdquo
Faridul Haque   
They ask, “When will be the Day of Judgement?”
Sher Ali   
They ask, when will the Day of Judgment be?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
They ask: ‘When is the Day of Requital?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
They ask, `When will the Day of Requital be?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
They ask; "When will be the Day of Recompense?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
asking, 'When shall be the Day of Doom?
George Sale   
They ask, when will the day of judgment come
Edward Henry Palmer   
They will ask, 'When is the day of judgment?
John Medows Rodwell   
They ask, "When this day of judgment?"
N J Dawood (2014)   
When will the Day of Judgement be?‘ they ask

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
They ask, “When shall be the day of recompense?”
Munir Mezyed   
They ask: "When will be the Day of Judgment?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
They ask: when will the day of repayment be?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
They ask, “When is the Day of Judgment?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
asking, “When is the Day of Recompense?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
They ask: "When will Doomsday be?"
Samy Mahdy   
They are asking, “When is The Religion Day?”
Ahmed Hulusi   
“When is the time of religion (recompense)?” they ask.
Mir Aneesuddin   
They ask, “When is the day of judgment?”
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And contemptuously and insolently ask: " When will that alleged Day of Judgment fall to our lot?"
The Wise Quran   
They ask, 'When is the Day of Judgment?'

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
They ask, "When (is the) Day (of) Judgment?
OLD Transliteration   
Yas-aloona ayyana yawmu alddeeni