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Muhammad Asad   
and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and when pregnant camels are left untended,
Safi Kaskas   
and when full-term she-camels are neglected.

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Arabic   
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَت
Transliteration (2021)   
wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭila
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And when the full-term she-camels (are) left untended;

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended
M. M. Pickthall   
And when the camels big with young are abandoned
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and when pregnant camels are left untended,
Safi Kaskas   
and when full-term she-camels are neglected.
Wahiduddin Khan   
when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended
Shakir   
And when the camels are left untended
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
and when the pregnant camels are ignored
T.B.Irving   
when ten-month pregnant camels are neglected,
Abdul Hye   
and when the pregnant she-camels will be neglected (unattended);
The Study Quran   
and when pregnant camels are abandoned
Dr. Kamal Omar   
and when the she camels, ten-months’ pregnant are abandoned
Farook Malik   
when the ten-month pregnant she-camels will be left unattended
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
When the relationships are suspended
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And when the (she-camels) ten-months with young are untended
Muhammad Sarwar   
the young barren camels are abandoned
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and when the ten-months pregnant she-camels will be abandoned
Shabbir Ahmed   
And when the she-camels, ten months with the young, are abandoned. (A she-camel about to deliver the young has been a precious commodity, but the means of transportation will change)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And the pregnant camel is left unattended (by its owner)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
When the she camels, ten months with young are left untended
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And when full-term she-camels are neglecte
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And when the reproduction is ended
Abdel Haleem   
when pregnant camels are abandoned
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned
Ahmed Ali   
The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned
Aisha Bewley   
when the camels in foal are neglected,
Ali Ünal   
And when (highly prized) pregnant camels are left untended
Ali Quli Qara'i   
when the pregnant camels are neglected
Hamid S. Aziz   
And when the she-camels (with young) are left untended
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and when the ten months pregnant camels are abandone
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended
Musharraf Hussain   
when pregnant camels are left untended,
Maududi   
when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And when the reproduction is ended.
Mohammad Shafi   
And when the ten-months pregnant camels are abandoned

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And when the pregnant she camels are abandoned.
Rashad Khalifa   
The reproduction is halted
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
when the pregnant camels are neglected
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And when the camels are abandoned
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And when/if the female camels and other livestock over ten months pregnant were abandoned/left unsupervised (miscarried)
Bijan Moeinian   
When the camels [which Arabs take so good care of it] is abandoned
Faridul Haque   
And when milch camels roam abandoned
Sher Ali   
And when the she-camels, ten-month pregnant are abandoned
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And when the she-camels heavy with young will be left neglected and discarded (i.e., no one will tend them)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And when the excellent she-camels will be discarded
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
when the pregnant camels shall be neglected
George Sale   
and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected
Edward Henry Palmer   
And when the she-camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected
John Medows Rodwell   
And when the she-camels shall be abandoned
N J Dawood (2014)   
when camels big with young are left untended

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
When the full-term, pregnant camels are abandoned!
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
when ten-month pregnant camels are neglected,
Sayyid Qutb   
when the camels, ten months pregnant, are left untended,
Ahmed Hulusi   
And when the she-camels (objects of wealth and status) are neglected and (worldly values are) abandoned,
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"and when the pregnant camels (ready to deliver their young) are abandoned,"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And when the pregnant camels shall be neglected
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
The precious pregnant she - camels are forsaken
Mir Aneesuddin   
and when camels with ten months' pregnancy are left off,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And when the full-term she-camels (are) left untended