Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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| Muhammad Asad | | And every human being's destiny have We tied to his neck; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth for him a record which he will find wide open |  |
M. M. Pickthall | | And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open | |
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open | |
Shakir | | And We have made every man's actions to cling to his neck, and We will bring forth to him on the resurrection day a book which he will find wide open | |
Wahiduddin Khan | | We have tied the fate of every man about his neck; and We shall produce a book for him on Resurrection Day that he will find spread open | |
| Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | For every human being We fastened his omen to his neck and We will bring out for him on the Day of Resurrection a book in which he will meet that which unfolded. | |
| T.B.Irving | | We have tied everyman´s fate around his neck; and We shall produce a book for him on Resurrection Day that he will find spread open; | |
| The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab | | We have bound every human’s destiny to their neck. And on the Day of Judgment We will bring forth to each ˹person˺ a record which they will find laid open. | |
| Safi Kaskas | | We have tied every person's destiny about his neck and, on the Day of Judgment We will bring out a book for him, which he will find spread open in front of him. | |
| Abdul Hye | | And We have fastened the deeds of every human in its neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring out for him a book which will be wide open. | |
| The Study Quran | | And [for] every man We have fastened his omen upon his neck, and We shall bring it forth for him on the Day of Resurrection as a book he will meet wide open | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) | | And We have attached to every person's neck his deeds, and We bring forth for him a record on the Day of Resurrection which he will find on display | |
Abdel Haleem | | We have bound each human being’s destiny to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out a record for each of them, which they will find spread wide open | |
Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And every man: We have fastened his action round his neck, and We shall bring forth unto him on the Day of Judgment a book proffered him open | |
Ahmed Ali | | Round each man's neck We have hung his ledger of deeds, and on the Day of Resurrection will present it as a book spread out (and say) | |
Aisha Bewley | | We have fastened the destiny of every man about his neck and on the Day of Rising We will bring out a Book for him which he will find spread open in front of him. | |
Ali Ünal | | Every human being’s fate We have fastened around his neck, and We will bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will see spread open | |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | We have attached every person’s omen to his neck, and We shall bring it out for him on the Day of Resurrection as a wide open book that he will encounter | |
Hamid S. Aziz | | And every man´s augury (fate) have We fastened on his own neck; and We will bring forth for him on the Day of Judgment a book offered to him wide open | |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And every man We have imposed on him his bird (of augury) upon his neck, and We will bring out for him, on the Day of the Resurrection, a book (that) he will meet with, spread open | |
Muhammad Sarwar | | We have made every person's actions cling to his neck. On the Day of Judgment, We will bring forth the record of his actions in the form of a wide open book | |
Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | We have tied up every human‘s fortune to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We will bring forth a book for him that he will find wide open | |
Shabbir Ahmed | | All deeds of the humans are instantly recorded on their "Self", as if the record book is fastened to their own necks. And We shall bring forth this record book wide open to them on the Day of Resurrection | |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And We have tied every man's fate onto his own neck: We shall bring out on the Day of Judgment for him a (register like) document, which He will see laid open (for him) | |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open | |
Farook Malik | | We have fastened the fate of every man to his own neck, and on the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a book spread wide open | |
| Dr. Munir Munshey | | We have forced each one´s actions to hang around his neck. On the Day of Judgment, We will bring out his record of deeds; he will find it an open book | |
| Dr. Kamal Omar | | And to all humans — We have attached to him his recording for his deeds in his neck; and We shall eject out for him on the Day of Resurrection the record. He shall find it totally revealing | |
| Talal A. Itani (new translation) | | For every person We have attached his fate to his neck. And on the Day of Resurrection, We will bring out for him a book which he will find spread open | |
Maududi | | We have fastened every man´s omen to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection We shall produce for him his scroll in the shape of a wide open book, (saying) | |
| Ali Bakhtiari Nejad | | And We tied deeds of every human being around his neck, and on the resurrection day We bring it out for him, as a book which he sees it open | |
| A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) | | Every person’s fate have We fastened to his own neck. On the Day of Accountability We will bring out for him a scroll which he will see spread open | |
| Musharraf Hussain | | We tied the destiny of every person around their neck; on Judgement Day, We shall bring out the document and spread it wide open before them; | |
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) | | And We have attached to the neck of every man his deeds, and We bring forth for him a record on the Day of Resurrection which he will find on display. | |
| Mohammad Shafi | | And We have tied every man's actions to his neck. And We will bring out for him on the Resurrection Day a record thrown wide open | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | Every man’s fate is attached to his own neck (and depends on his own deeds.) On the Day of Resurrection, I will hand man with a record of his deeds which will be open to review | |
| Faridul Haque | | And We have attached the destiny of every man to his neck; and We shall bring forth a register for him on the Day of Resurrection, which he will find open | |
| Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | And to every human ? We have fastened to him his bird of deeds upon his neck; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth to him a book spread open wide | |
Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And We have made every man’s actions to cling to his neck, and We shall bring forth to him on the day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open | |
| Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | And every human/mankind We obliged/compelled him his action/anger in his neck (made himresponsible), and We bring out/make emerge for him (on) the Resurrection Day a Book/judgment he finds it spread/publicized | |
Sher Ali | | And every man's work have WE fasten to his neck; and on the Day of Resurrection WE shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open | |
Rashad Khalifa | | We have recorded the fate of every human being; it is tied to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection we will hand him a record that is accessible. | |
| Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) | | And We have tied to his neck the destiny of every man. And We shall bring out for him on the Day of Judgement a writing, which he will find wide open. | |
Amatul Rahman Omar | | And every human being We have made his deeds cling to his neck and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring out for him a book (recording all his deeds) which he will find wide open | |
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri | | And We have slung every man’s record of deeds around his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth (this) record, which he will find spread out (before him) | |
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali | | And We have fastened every mans deeds to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open | |
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
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| Linda “iLHam” Barto | | We have fastened every person’s fate around his/her own neck. On the Day of Judgment, We will bring him/her a scroll, and he/she will see it unrolled. | |
| Sayyid Qutb | | Every human being's action have We tied around his own neck. On the Day of Resurrection We shall produce for him a record which he will find wide open. | |
| Ahmed Hulusi | | We have wrapped the actions (fate) of every person around his neck... During the Doomsday period (one’s doomsday, as in one’s death or the Doomsday period in general) We will produce for him his recorded information. | |
| Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli | | And every man's record of action have We fastened to his neck; and on the Day of Judgment, We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open. | |
| Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim | | We encircled the neck of every human being with a bird of omen, (as it were) auguring well or ill, and in Day of Judgement will We present each with a book bearing his precise record laid open to view | |
| Mir Aneesuddin | | And We have made every man’s fate (or action) to cling to his neck , and We will bring out for him on the day of resurrection, a book (or a record) which he will find wide open. | |
