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Muhammad Asad   
on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”
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on that Day, man will say, "Where is the escape?"

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Arabic   
يَقُولُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرّ
Transliteration (2021)   
yaqūlu l-insānu yawma-idhin ayna l-mafar
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
Will say [the] man that Day, "Where (is) the escape?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"
M. M. Pickthall   
On that day man will cry: Whither to flee
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
on that Day one will cry, “Where is the escape?”
Safi Kaskas   
on that Day, man will say, "Where is the escape?"
Wahiduddin Khan   
on that Day man will ask, Where can I escape
Shakir   
Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
the human being will say on that Day: Where is a place to run away to?
T.B.Irving   
on that day (every)man will say: Where is there any escape?
Abdul Hye   
on that Day mankind will say: “Where (is the refuge) to flee?”
The Study Quran   
that Day man will say, “Where is the escape?
Dr. Kamal Omar   
that Day the human being will say: “Where is the place of escape and then refuge
Farook Malik   
- on that Day man will ask: "Is there any way to escape?"
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
On that Day, man will say, 'Where is the escape?'
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
Upon that Day man will say, "Where to flee?" (Literally: Where is the fleeing?)
Muhammad Sarwar   
people will say, "Is there anywhere to run away?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
on that day man will say, .Where to escape?
Shabbir Ahmed   
On that Day man will wonder, "Where to flee!" (In this life and in the life to come. Verses 7-10 could easily allude to the merging of the super power of the times, Persia with the newly enlightened Arabia in 642 C.E., 10 years after the exalted Prophet's death)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
On that day, man will say, "Where is the refuge?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
On that Day man will say: "Where is the place to flee?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
Man will say on that Day: "Where can I escape!"
Abdel Haleem   
on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
On that Day shall man say: whither is the fleeing
Ahmed Ali   
That day man will say: "Where can I find escape?"
Aisha Bewley   
on that Day man will say, ´Where can I run?´
Ali Ünal   
On that Day human will say: "Where is the escape?"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
that day man will say, ‘Where is the escape?’
Hamid S. Aziz   
Man shall say on that day, "Whither can I flee for refuge?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
On that day the human being says: where is the escape
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
That day the human being will say, “Where is the refuge?
Musharraf Hussain   
and man will ask that Day: “Where can we flee to?”
Maududi   
on that Day will man say: "Whither the refuge?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Man will say on that Day: "Where can I escape!"
Mohammad Shafi   
Man will ask that Day, "Where is the exit?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
On that day the man will say, where is place to run away to?
Rashad Khalifa   
The human being will say on that day, "Where is the escape?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
on that Day the human will ask: 'To (which place) shall I flee?
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
Man will say on that day: Whither to flee
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
The human/mankind that day says: "Where (is) the escape/escape to (shelter)?"
Bijan Moeinian   
In that day man will seek for a refuge
Faridul Haque   
On that day man will cry out, “Where shall I flee?”
Sher Ali   
On that day man will say, `Wither to flee?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
On that Day man will cry out: ‘Where to flee away?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The human being shall say on that day, `Whither to flee?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
upon that day man shall say, 'Whither to flee?
George Sale   
on that day man shall say, where is a place of refuge
Edward Henry Palmer   
and man shall say upon that day, 'Where is a place to flee to?'
John Medows Rodwell   
On that day man shall cry, "Where is there a place to flee to?"
N J Dawood (2014)   
on that day man will ask: ‘Whither shall I flee?‘

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
That day people will ask, “Where do we go for refuge?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
on that day (every) man will say: "Where is there any escape?"
Ahmed Hulusi   
At that time, man will say, “Where can we escape?”
Mir Aneesuddin   
Man will say on that day, “Where is the place to flee?”
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
Shall man wonder as to which way to turn in order to have recourse to a shelter as a means of escape

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Will say [the] man that Day, "Where (is) the escape?