Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion
M. M. Pickthall
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,
Safi Kaskas
It is the Day when the human beings will be like dispersed moths
Wahiduddin Khan
[It is] a Day when mankind shall be like scattered moth
Shakir
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
On a Day humanity will be like dispersed moths
T.B.Irving
Someday mankind will act like scattered moths
Abdul Hye
It is the Day when mankind will be like scattered moths
The Study Quran
A day wherein mankind shall be like scattered moths
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
On that day, the people will be like scattered moths.
Talal Itani (2012)
The Day when the people will be like scattered moths
Dr. Kamal Omar
The Day mankind becomes like moths scattered about
It is that Day when men shall be like scattered moth
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
The Day (whereon) mankind will be like disseminated moths
Muhammad Sarwar
On that day, people will be like scattered moth
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(It will happen) on a day when people will be like scattered moths
Shabbir Ahmed
The Day when people will be like moths scattered in confusion
Dr. Munir Munshey
That day, people would be like scattered (confused) moths
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(It is) a Day when men will be like moths thrown about
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
The Day when people come out like swarms of butterflies
Abdel Haleem
On a Day when people will be like scattered moth
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
A Day whereon mankind shall become as moths scattered
Ahmed Ali
A Day on which human beings would be like so many scattered moths
Aisha Bewley
It is the Day when mankind will be like scattered moths
Ali Ünal
The day (when it occurs) humans will be like moths scattered about
Ali Quli Qara'i
The day mankind will be like scattered moths
Hamid S. Aziz
The day when men shall be like scattered moths
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
The day when the people become like scattered butterflies
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
It is a day when humanity will be like scattered moths
Musharraf Hussain
The Day when people will look lost, like scattered moths,
Maududi
On that Day human beings shall be like scattered moths
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
The Day when people come out like swarms of butterflies.
Mohammad Shafi
It is a Day when mankind shall be like the scattered moths
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
The day when mankind shall be like scattered moths.
That is the day when the people come out like swarms of butterflies
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
On that Day people shall become like scattered moth
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The day wherein men will be as scattered moths
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
A day/time the people be/become like the butterflies, the scattered/ravishe
Bijan Moeinian
The day of Great Disaster is the one the all mankind will be scattered all over like moths wondering with awe
Faridul Haque
The day when men will be like scattered moths
Sher Ali
The day when men will be like scattered moths
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(It implies) the Day of Resurrection when (the whole of) mankind will become like scattered moths
Amatul Rahman Omar
On that day people shall be (in great confusion and distress) like moths scattered
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
The day when the humankind will be like the moths all scattered.
Munir Mezyed
It is the day when the people will be like scattered moths,
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
That day mankind will be like scattered moths,
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
A day when mankind become like scattered moths,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
A day when people are like scattered moths!
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Some day mankind will act like scattered moths
Samy Mahdy
On a Day when the people will be like spread moths.
Sayyid Qutb
The day when men shall be scaterred moths,
Thomas Cleary
A day when humankind will be like scattered moths,
Ahmed Hulusi
It is the time when the people will be like moths (propelling towards the fire).
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
The day that people will be like thickly-scattered moths
People will be like moths scattered about
Mir Aneesuddin
the day when mankind will be like scattered moths,
The Wise Quran
A day mankind will be like the dispersed moths,