Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Can, then, the people of any community ever feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep
M. M. Pickthall
Are the people of the townships then secure from the coming of Our wrath upon them as a night-raid while they sleep
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Did the people of those societies feel secure that Our punishment would not come upon them by night while they were asleep?
Safi Kaskas
Can the people of any community ever feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night while they are asleep?
Wahiduddin Khan
Do the people of these towns now feel secure against the coming of Our punishment upon them by night while they are asleep
Shakir
What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Were, then, the people of the towns safe when Our might approaches them at night while they are ones who sleep?
T.B.Irving
Did the townsfolk feel secure from Our might´s striking them at dead of night while they are asleep?
Abdul Hye
Did the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they were asleep?
The Study Quran
Did the people of the towns feel secure from Our Might coming upon them by night, while they were sleeping
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Are the people of the towns feeling secure that Our punishment won’t come upon them at night while they sleep?
Talal Itani (2012)
Do the people of the towns feel secure that Our might will not come upon them by night, while they sleep
Dr. Kamal Omar
Did then, feel secure, the people of the towns, that comes to them Our Punishment by night while they are asleep
Do the people of these towns now feel secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they might be fast asleep
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So, do the population of the towns feel secure that Our violence will not come up to them (in their homes) at night (while) they are sleeping
Muhammad Sarwar
Did the people of the towns think themselves secure from Our wrath that could strike them at night during their slee
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, do the people of the towns feel themselves immune from Our punishment that may befall them at night while they are asleep
Shabbir Ahmed
Can the people of any community ever feel secure that Our Requital will not come upon them at night, while they are asleep
Dr. Munir Munshey
Did the people of the town feel so secure that Our wrath would not land on them at night while they slept unawares
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Did the people of the towns feel safe against the coming of Our anger (on them) during the night while they slept
Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Are the people of the towns sure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they are sleepin
Abdel Haleem
Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Are the people of the townships then secure that Our wrath would not come upon them at night while they are slumbering
Ahmed Ali
Are the people of the region so secure that they lie asleep unaware as Our punishment overtakes them
Aisha Bewley
Do the people of the cities feel secure against Our violent force coming down on them in the night while they are asleep?
Ali Ünal
Did the peoples of the townships feel secure that Our mighty punishment would not come upon them at night while they are sleeping
Ali Quli Qara'i
Do the people of the towns feel secure from Our punishment overtaking them at night while they are asleep
Hamid S. Aziz
Were, then, the people of these cities secure that Our Wrath would not come on them by night, while they slept
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Do people of the towns feel safe that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they sleep?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our punishment by night while they slept
Musharraf Hussain
Were the people of the communities confident that Our punishment wouldn’t come when they were asleep at night
Maududi
Do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they are asleep
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Are the people of the towns sure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they are sleeping?
Mohammad Shafi
Did those people then feel secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they slept
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Do the people of the towns not fear that Our torment might come upon them at night while they are sleeping?
Did the people of the present communities guarantee that our retribution will not come to them in the night as they sleep?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Do the inhabitants of the villages feel secure from Our Might coming to them at night whilst they sleep
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Are the people of the towns, then, secure from Our punishment coming to them by night while they sleep
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Did the villages'/urban cities' people trust that Our might/power comes to them overnight and (while) they are sleeping/slumbering
Bijan Moeinian
How can today's citizens be sure that they will not be subject to My sudden punishment at night
Faridul Haque
Do the people of the dwellings not fear that Our wrath may come upon them at night while they are asleep
Sher Ali
Are the people of these towns then secure from the coming of Our punishment upon them by night while they are asleep
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Have the residents of the towns now become free of this fear that Our torment may seize them (again) at night when they are (fast) asleep (in carefree slumber)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Do the people of these townships feel secure against the coming of Our punishment upon them by night while they are asleep
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Did the people of the towns then feel secure against the coming of Our Punishment by night while they are asleep
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Do the people of the townships feel safe that Our fury might come upon them at night while they are sleeping?
Munir Mezyed
Did the people of those towns then feel secure against the coming of Our retribution by night while they are asleep?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Are then the inhabitants of the towns safe from Our distress reaching them at night whilst they sleep?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they slept?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Do the fellows of the towns feel secure that Our chastisement will not come upon them by night while they are sleeping?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Do townsfolk feel secure from Our might's striking them at dead of night while they are asleep?
Samy Mahdy
So, did the inhabitants of the villages, secure that Our adversity would be coming upon them at night, while they were sleeping?
Sayyid Qutb
Do the people of these cities feel secure that Our might would not strike them at dead of night when they are asleep?
Ahmed Hulusi
Did the people of those cities feel secure from Our wrath coming to them one night while they were asleep?
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
What! do the people of the towns then feel secure from Our punishment coming upon them by night while they are sleeping ?
Are the town's folk certain in their minds they are secure against Our wrath which may speak thunder and be displayed in action at night while they are asleep
Mir Aneesuddin
Are the people of the cities then secure from the distress that could come from Us on them at night while they are asleep?