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Muhammad Asad   
THE LIE gave [the tribes of] Thamud and ‘Ad to [all tidings of] that sudden calamity
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
Safi Kaskas   
The people of Thamud and 'Aad denied [that there would be a] sudden calamity.

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَة
Transliteration (2021)   
kadhabat thamūdu waʿādun bil-qāriʿat
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
Denied Thamud and Aad the Striking Calamity.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
THE LIE gave [the tribes of] Thamud and ‘Ad to [all tidings of] that sudden calamity
M. M. Pickthall   
(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹Both˺ Thamûd and ’Ȃd denied the Striking Disaster.
Safi Kaskas   
The people of Thamud and 'Aad denied [that there would be a] sudden calamity.
Wahiduddin Khan   
The tribes of Thamud and Ad denied that disaster would strike them
Shakir   
Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
Thamud and Ad denied the Day of Disaster.
T.B.Irving   
Thamud and Ad denied [they would face] disaster.
Abdul Hye   
Thamud and Ad people denied the calamity (the striking Hour of judgment)!
The Study Quran   
Thamud and ?Ad denied the calamity
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Samud and ‘Ad (people) denied Al-Qariah (The Disaster)
Farook Malik   
The Thamud and the ‘Ad people denied the striking calamity
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
Thamood and Aad denied the Catastrophe
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Thamud and c?d cried lies to the Smiter
Muhammad Sarwar   
The people of Thamud and Ad denied the Day of Judgment
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
Thamud and ‘Ad had denied (the happening of) the Shocking Event (the Day of Judgment)
Shabbir Ahmed   
Thamud and Aad denied the oncoming Uproar
Dr. Munir Munshey   
The ´Samoods´ and the ´Aads´ denied the (impending) calamity of sudden onset _ (the hour of Judgment)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
The Samood (Thamud) and the ‘Ad people (treated) the stunning calamity as false
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Thamud and 'Aad disbelieved in the Shocker
Abdel Haleem   
The people of Thamud and 'Ad denied that the crashing blowwould come
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The tribes of Thamud and 'Aad belied the Striking Day
Ahmed Ali   
The Thamud and 'Ad denied the consequential calamity
Aisha Bewley   
Thamud and ´Ad denied the Crushing Blow.
Ali Ünal   
The (tribes) of Thamud and ‘Ad denied the Sudden, Mighty Strike
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Thamud and ‘a€d denied the Catastrophe
Hamid S. Aziz   
Thamud and A´ad called the Stunning Calamity (the Day of Judgment) a lie
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
Thamud and Aad denied the pounding catastrophe
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
The Thamud and the ‘Ad people branded as false the stunning calamity
Musharraf Hussain   
The people of Thamud and Ad both denied that the striking blow would ever happen.
Maududi   
The Thamud and the Ad denied the (possibility of a) sudden calamity, calling it false
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Thamud and 'Aad disbelieved in the Shocker
Mohammad Shafi   
The Thamood and the AAad denied possibility of the Striking Calamity happening

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Thamud and Aad belied that strong calamity.
Rashad Khalifa   
Thamoud and `Aad disbelieved in the Shocker.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
Thamood and Aad belied the Clatterer
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Thamud and ‘Ad called the calamity a lie
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
Thamud and Aad lied/denied/falsified with the Resurrection/disaster/calamity
Bijan Moeinian   
The people of Thamood and A’ad before you thought the Day of Judgment is a lie
Faridul Haque   
The tribes of Thamud and A’ad denied the event of great dismay. (The Day of Resurrection
Sher Ali   
The tribes of Thamud and Ad treated as a lie the sudden calamity
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Thamud and ‘Ad rejected the (calamity of a) Shattering Gravitational Collision (of all the existent cosmic bodies)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(The tribe of) Thamud and `ad treated (the news of) the calamity which strikes (peoples' hearts with terror to make them realize) as a lie
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
Thamood and Ad people denied the Qariah (the striking Hour (of Judgement))

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Thamood and Ad cried lies to the Clatterer
George Sale   
The tribes of Thamud and Ad denied as a falsehood the day which shall strike men's hearts with terror
Edward Henry Palmer   
Thamud and 'Ad called the Striking Day a lie
John Medows Rodwell   
Themoud and Ad treated the day of Terrors as a lie
N J Dawood (2014)   
Thamūd and ‘Ād denied the Last Judgement

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The Thamud and the Ad people did not believe something awful would happen.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Thamud and Ad denied [they would face] disaster.
Ahmed Hulusi   
Thamud and Aad denied the eternal life after death.
Mir Aneesuddin   
Samood and Aad denied the disaster.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
The people of Thamud -the Thamudites- and those of 'Ad - the 'Adites denied that Day of the stunning roar concurrent with the collision of the celestial bodies

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Denied Thamud and Aad the Striking Calamity