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Muhammad Asad   
And [always] listen for the day when He who issues the call [of death] shall call [thee] from close-by
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And listen! On the Day the caller will call out from a near place,
Safi Kaskas   
Listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near.

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Arabic   
وَاسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ الْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيب
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-is'tamiʿ yawma yunādi l-munādi min makānin qarībi
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And listen! (The) Day will call the caller from a place near,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And [always] listen for the day when He who issues the call [of death] shall call [thee] from close-by
M. M. Pickthall   
And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And listen! On the Day the caller will call out from a near place,
Safi Kaskas   
Listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near.
Wahiduddin Khan   
Hearken! The Day when the caller will call from near
Shakir   
And listen on the day when the crier shall cry from a near plac
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And listen thou on a Day when one who calls out will cry out from a near place.
T.B.Irving   
Listen for the day when the Crier will call out from a nearby place,
Abdul Hye   
And listen on the Day when the caller will call from a near place,
The Study Quran   
And listen on the Day when the caller calls from near at hand
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And listen! The Day the caller will call (as if) from a nearby place
Farook Malik   
And listen! The Day when the Caller will call out from a place quite near
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
And listen for the Day when the caller calls from a nearby place
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a near place
Muhammad Sarwar   
Wait for the day when the trumpet will be sounded from a nearby place
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And listen: The Day when the caller will call out from a near place
Shabbir Ahmed   
And the day is coming when a caller will call from close-by. (The enemy will approach you for war)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Listen! The day the trumpeter calls from a nearby place
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place close by—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And listen to the Day when the caller will call from a near place
Abdel Haleem   
listen out for the Day when the caller will call from a nearby place
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And hearken thou: the Day whereon the caller will call from a place quite near
Ahmed Ali   
Take heed that the day the crier calls from a place close (to every one)
Aisha Bewley   
Listen out for the Day when the Summoner shall call out from a nearby place.
Ali Ünal   
And wait with ears able to hear for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place near
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And be on the alert for the day when the caller calls from a close quarter
Hamid S. Aziz   
And listen for the Day when the Caller shall cry from a near place
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And listen, on a day when the caller calls out from a nearby place
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And listen for the day when the caller will call out from a near place
Musharraf Hussain   
Listen carefully about the Day when the caller from nearby will call out,
Maududi   
Hearken on the Day when the caller will call from a place nearby
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And listen to the Day when the caller will call from a near place.
Mohammad Shafi   
And listen the Day when the Caller calls out from a place quite near, —

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And listen attentively, the day when the caller will call from a place nearby.
Rashad Khalifa   
Prepare for the day when the caller calls from a place that is near.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Listen for the Day when the Caller will call from a nearby place
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And listen on the day when the crier cries from a near place -
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And hear/listen a day/time the caller calls from a near/close place/position
Bijan Moeinian   
Get ready for the Day that a caller will call you closely to raise up from death
Faridul Haque   
And listen attentively on the day when an announcer will proclaim from a place nearby
Sher Ali   
Hearken ! On the day when the caller will call from a place nearby
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And listen attentively (of the Day) when a caller will call from a near place
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(Reader) hearken! on the day when one that calls will call from a place quite near
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And listen on the Day when the caller will call from a near place

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
And listen thou for the day when the caller shall call from a near place
George Sale   
And hearken unto the day whereon the cryer shall call men to judgment from a near place
Edward Henry Palmer   
And listen for the day when the crier shall cry from a near place;
John Medows Rodwell   
And list for the day whereon the crier shall cry from a place near to every one alike
N J Dawood (2014)   
Listen on the day when the Crier will call from near

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
Listen for the day when a caller will call from a near place.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Listen for the day when the Crier will call out from a nearby place,
Ahmed Hulusi   
And listen, in that time, when the Caller will call from within!
Mir Aneesuddin   
And listen ! on the day when the announcer will announce from a near place,
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
And you shall listen on the Day when the announcer proclaims Resurrection and makes it manifest to the senses from a near distance to all: the Moment of Judgement

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And listen! (The) Day will call the caller from a place near