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AYAH al-Mu`minun 23:113 

Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
Arabic قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّين zoom
Transliteration Qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAda yawmin fais-ali alAAaddeena zoom
Transliteration-2 qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīn zoom
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 They will say, "We remained a day or a part (of) a day; but ask those who keep count." zoom


Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad They will answer: ‘We have spent there a day, or part of a day; but ask those who [are able to] count [time] …&rdquo zoom
M. M. Pickthall They will say: We tarried by a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count zoom
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day: but ask those who keep account." zoom
Shakir They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account zoom
Wahiduddin Khan They will say, We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask those who have kept count zoom
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar They said: We lingered in expectation a day or some of a day. So ask the ones who count. zoom
T.B.Irving They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask the timekeepers." zoom
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab They will reply, “We remained ˹only˺ a day or part of a day. But ask those who kept count.” zoom
Safi Kaskas They will say, "We were there a day or part of a day; ask those who keep track of it." zoom
Abdul Hye They will say: “We stayed a day or part of a day. So ask of those who keep account (angels).” zoom
The Study Quran They will say, “We tarried a day or part of a day. But ask those who keep count. zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) They said: "We remained for a day, or for part of a day. So ask those who kept count." zoom
Abdel Haleem and they will reply, ‘We stayed a day or a part of a day, but ask those who keep count.&rsquo zoom
Abdul Majid Daryabadi -They will say we tarried a day or part of a day; ask those who keep count zoom
Ahmed Ali They will say: "A day or less than a day. Ask the enumerators of numbers." zoom
Aisha Bewley They will say, ´We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!´ zoom
Ali Ünal They say: "We stayed for a day or part of a day. Ask of those who are able to keep count of this." zoom
Ali Quli Qara'i They will say, ‘We remained for a day, or part of a day; yet ask those who keep the count.&rsquo zoom
Hamid S. Aziz They will say, "We tarried but a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep count." zoom
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali They will say, "We have lingered a day, or part (Literally: Some (part) of a day, so ask the numberers." zoom
Muhammad Sarwar They will reply. "We remained for about a day or part of it, but ask those who have kept count" zoom
Muhammad Taqi Usmani They will say, .We stayed for a day or for a part of a day. So, ask those (angels) who have (exact) calculation zoom
Shabbir Ahmed They will say, "We stayed a day or part of a day. But ask those who keep count." zoom
Syed Vickar Ahamed They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day: But ask those who keep account." zoom
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate." zoom
Farook Malik They will reply: "We lived there a day or part of a day; You may ask those who kept the count." zoom
Dr. Munir Munshey They shall reply, "We stayed only a day or part of a day. Ask those who are (given the task of) maintaining accounts." zoom
Dr. Kamal Omar They said: “We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask those who keep account.” zoom
Talal A. Itani (new translation) They will say, 'We remained a day, or part of a day; but ask those who keep count.' zoom
Maududi They will say: "We stayed for a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count of this." zoom
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad They say: we stayed for a day or part of a day, so ask those who count zoom
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) They will say, “We stayed a day or part of a day, ask those who keep account. zoom
Musharraf Hussain They will say, “We spent a day or so. Ask those who keep count.” zoom
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Theysaid: "We remained for a day, or for part of a day. So ask those who kept count. zoom
Mohammad Shafi They would say, "We stayed a day or part of a day. We are not sure. So ask those who keep count." zoom

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian They will reply: “It seems like a day or even half a day. Please ask those who take care of accounting!&rdquo zoom
Faridul Haque They will say, "We stayed a day or part of a day, so ask those who keep count." zoom
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah They will reply: 'A day, or part of a day; ask those who have kept count. zoom
Maulana Muhammad Ali They will say: We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account zoom
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira They said: "We stayed/remained a day or part (of) a day , so ask/question the counting." zoom
Sher Ali They will say, `We tarried for a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep count. zoom
Rashad Khalifa They said, "We lasted a day or part of a day. Ask those who counted." zoom
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) They said, 'We stayed for a day or part of a day, therefore ask those who count. zoom
Amatul Rahman Omar They will say, `We tarried only for a day or part of a day (we have no exact idea), but ask those who keep the count. zoom
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri They will say: ‘We might have stayed there a day or part of a day, but ask those who work out statistics. zoom
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account." zoom

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry They shall say, 'We have tarried a day, or part of a day; ask the numberers! zoom
Edward Henry Palmer They will say, 'We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask the Numberers. zoom
George Sale They will answer, We have continued there a day, or part of a day: but ask those who keep account zoom
John Medows Rodwell They will say, "We tarried a day, or part of a day; but ask the recording angels." zoom
N J Dawood (2014) They will say: ‘A day, or possibly less. Ask those who have kept count.&lsquo zoom

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto They will say, “[It seems that] we stayed a day or part of a day, but ask those who keep account.” zoom
Sayyid Qutb They will answer: 'We have spent there a day, or part of a day; but ask those who keep count.' zoom
Ahmed Hulusi They will say, “We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who count.” zoom
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli They will say: 'We tarried but a day or part of a day; but ask those who keep account' zoom
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim "A day or a part of a day", they say "but You may ask those -the angels- who keep count." zoom
Mir Aneesuddin He will say, "How long did you stay in the earth, counting in years?" zoom

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