Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[And] He will ask [the doomed]: “What number of years have you spent on earth?”
M. M. Pickthall
He will say: How long tarried ye in the earth, counting by years
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He will say: "What number of years did ye stay on earth?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He will ask ˹them˺, “How many years did you remain on earth?”
Safi Kaskas
He said: “How many years were you on Earth?”
Wahiduddin Khan
He will ask, How many years did you stay on earth
Shakir
He will say: How many years did you tarry in the earth
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He said: Lingered you in expectation on the earth for what number of years?
T.B.Irving
He will say [further]: "How many years did you stay on earth?"
Abdul Hye
(Allah) will say: “How many years did you stay on the earth?”
The Study Quran
He will say, “How many years did you tarry on earth?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He will ask, “How long did you stay on Earth in terms of years?”
Talal Itani (2012)
He will say, 'How many years did you remain on earth?'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Allah) said: “What number of years did you stay on earth?”
They will be asked: "How many years did you live on earth?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He Allah) will say, "How long have you lingered in the earth, by number of years?"
Muhammad Sarwar
God will ask them, "How many years did you live in your graves?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He (Allah) will say (to unbelievers), .How long did you stay on the earth by number of years?
Shabbir Ahmed
He will ask, "What number of years have you spent on earth?"
Dr. Munir Munshey
Allah will ask, "How many years did you stay on earth?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He will say: "How many years did you stay on earth?"
[ Allah ] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Say: "How long have you stayed on Earth in terms of years"
Abdel Haleem
He will say, ‘How many years were you on earth?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He will say: how long tarried ye on the earth in number of year
Ahmed Ali
They will be asked: "How long did you live on the earth in terms of years?"
Aisha Bewley
He will say, ´How many years did you tarry on the earth?´
Ali Ünal
(God) says: "For how many years did you stay on earth?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
He will say, ‘How many years did you remain on earth?’
Hamid S. Aziz
He will say, "How long a number of years did you tarry on earth?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He (God) will say: “How many years did you stay in the earth (in the grave)?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He will say, “How long did you stay on earth? Has it been years?
Musharraf Hussain
Allah will ask, “How long did you live on Earth?”
Maududi
Then Allah will ask them: "For how many years did you stay on earth?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said:"How long have you stayed in the earth in terms of years?
Mohammad Shafi
The Lord would ask, "How many years did you stay in the earth?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Allah said, 'how long did you stay in the earth by number of years'.
He said, "How long have you lasted on earth? How many years?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And He will ask: 'How many years did you live on earth?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He will say: How many years did you tarry in the earth
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Say: "How much/many number/numerous years you remained in the earth/Planet Earth?"
Bijan Moeinian
The Lord will ask then: “How many years did you live on earth?”
Faridul Haque
He will say, "How long did you stay on earth, counting by the number of years
Sher Ali
ALLAH will then say, `What number of years did you tarry in the earth?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(Allah) will say: ‘How many years have you stayed in the earth?
Amatul Rahman Omar
(God) will (then) say, `What number of years have you tarried on the earth?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
He (Allah) will say: "What number of years did you stay on earth?"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He will say, “How many numbers of years did you stay in the earth?”
Munir Mezyed
Allâh will ask: "How long did you stay on earth in number of years?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He will say: how many years did you stay on earth?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He will say, “How many years did you stay on earth?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “How long did you remain on earth in terms of number of years?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He will say [further]: "How many years did you stay on earth?"
Samy Mahdy
He said, “How many lunar years (counted) have you tarried on the earth?”
Sayyid Qutb
And He will ask: 'How many years have you spent on earth?'
Ahmed Hulusi
He said, “How long have you remained on earth (the bodily life)?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
He will say: 'How many years did you tarry in the earth?
"How long", says Allah, "do you think you sojourned on earth year in and year out!"
Mir Aneesuddin
I have rewarded them this day because they were patient, they are certainly the achievers (of success)."
The Wise Quran
He said, 'How long did you tarry in the earth, by number of years?'