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Muhammad Asad   
OH, the sudden calamity
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
The Striking Disaster!
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The striking calamity:

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Arabic   
الْقَارِعَة
Transliteration (2021)   
al-qāriʿat
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
The Striking Calamity!

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
OH, the sudden calamity
M. M. Pickthall   
The Calamity
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
The Striking Disaster!
Safi Kaskas   
The striking calamity:
Wahiduddin Khan   
The Clatterer
Shakir   
The terrible calamity
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
The Disaster!
T.B.Irving   
The stunning [blow]!
Abdul Hye   
The striking Hour (Qari’ah, the Day of Calamity)!
The Study Quran   
The calamity
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Al-Qariah (The great Calamity)
Farook Malik   
The Qariah
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
The Shocker
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The Smiter
Muhammad Sarwar   
The (unprecedented) crash
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
The Striking Event
Shabbir Ahmed   
The Catastrophe
Dr. Munir Munshey   
That awesome (stunning) disaster
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
The (Day) of Noise and Chaos (of the Calamity)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
The Striking Calamity
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Shocker
Abdel Haleem   
The Crashing Blow
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The Striking
Ahmed Ali   
THE STARTLING CALAMITY
Aisha Bewley   
The Crashing Blow!
Ali Ünal   
The sudden, mighty strike
Ali Quli Qara'i   
The Catastrophe
Hamid S. Aziz   
The calamity
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
The pounding disaster
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
The Disaster
Musharraf Hussain   
The Sudden Calamity!
Maududi   
The Calamity
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Shocker
Mohammad Shafi   
The Sudden Calamity

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The frightening calamity
Rashad Khalifa   
The Shocker
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
The Clatterer (the Day of Judgement)
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The calamity
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
The resurrection/disaster/calamity
Bijan Moeinian   
The Great Disaster
Faridul Haque   
The event that terrifies the hearts
Sher Ali   
The Great Calamity
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The high-scale jolt rocking (the whole universe of the heavens and the earth) and thunder
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The Disastrous Rattling (of this life as seen in warfare is sure to visit the world)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Al-Qariah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
The Clatterer
George Sale   
The striking
Edward Henry Palmer   
The smiting
John Medows Rodwell   
THE BLOW
N J Dawood (2014)   
THE DISASTER

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The calamity!
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
The stunning [blow]!
Sayyid Qutb   
The striker!
Ahmed Hulusi   
The Qaria!
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
The terrible disaster
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
The Big Event of the violent collision of all celestial bodies;
Mir Aneesuddin   
The calamity.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour
OLD Literal Word for Word   
The Striking Calamity