Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[And God] would say: “After a little while they will surely be smitten with remorse!”
M. M. Pickthall
He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(Allah) said: "In but a little while, they are sure to be sorry!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Allah responded, “Soon they will be truly regretful.”
Wahiduddin Khan
God said, Before long they will be filled with regret
Safi Kaskas
[God] said, "After a little while, they will surely regret [what they have said]."
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He said: In a little while they will become ones who are remorseful.
T.B.Irving
He said: "Some morning soon they will feel regretful."
Shakir
He said: In a little while they will most certainly be repenting
Abdul Hye
(Allah) said: “In a little while, they are sure to be regretful.”
The Study Quran
He said, “In a little while they shall become remorseful.
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'Soon they will be filled with regret.'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He replied, “Soon they will become regretful.”
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Allah) said: “In a little while, they will be surely those who regret.”
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Allah) said, "In a short while, they shall cut a sorry figure!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(Allah) said: "In only a little while, they are sure to be sorry!"
[ Allah ] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
Allah responded: "After a short time they will surely be sorry."
Muhammad Sarwar
God replied, "After a very short time they will certainly regret for their deeds."
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He (Allah) said, .In a little while they will have to be remorseful
Shabbir Ahmed
(And Allah) would say, "In a little while they will be sorry!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Said He, "In a little while indeed they will definitely become remorseful."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He replied: "In a little while they will be in regret."
Abdel Haleem
and so God said, ‘Soon they will be filled with regret.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Allah said: after a little while they will become regretful
Ahmed Ali
Answered (the Lord): "They shall wake up repenting soon."
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´In a short while they will be full of regret.´
Ali Ünal
(God) said: "In a little while, they are sure to be regretful."
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘In a little while they will become regretful.’
Hamid S. Aziz
He said, "Within a little while they will surely be sorry!"
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
God said, “In but a little while, they are sure to be sorry.
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He (God) said: “They shall become sorry in a short while.”
Musharraf Hussain
Allah said, “They will regret, soon.”
Maududi
He answered: "A short while, and they shall be repenting."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "In a little while they will be in regret.
Mohammad Shafi
Allah said, "Soon they shall be regretful."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Allah said, in a little while they will meet the morning repenting.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He replied: 'Before long, by the morning, they shall be remorseful.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: In a little while they will certainly be repenting
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "On what little (shortly) they (will) become/become in the morning regretful/remorseful ."
Bijan Moeinian
I said: “Soon they will be sorry.”
Faridul Haque
Said Allah, "They will soon wake up at morn, regretting."
He said, "Soon they will be sorry."
Sher Ali
ALLAH said, `In a little while they will, surely, become repentant.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(The Lord) said, `They shall be remorseful before long (when caught by some punishment).
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(Allah) said: ‘They will be full of regret in a little while.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(Allah) said: "In a little while, they are sure to be regretful."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He said, “In a little while, they will certainly become those who are stricken with regret.”
Munir Mezyed
(Allâh) said: "After a little, they will definitely become regretful."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He said: Soon they will come to regret.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
(Allah) said, “In only a little while, they will be sorry.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “Soon they will definitely become remorseful.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He said: "Some morning soon they will feel regretful."
Samy Mahdy
He said, “In a little while they will become regretful.”
Sayyid Qutb
Said [God]: 'Before long they shall certainly come to rue it.'
Ahmed Hulusi
He was answered, “In but a short while they are to be sorry.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
(Allah) said: 'In a little while they will be remorseful'
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, "My Fosterer! help me because they deny me."
"Rest assured," said Allah to His Messenger, " their defiance and their pride are short-lived and soon enough shall they be really sorry and shall weep a rain of sorrows."
The Wise Quran
He said, 'Within a little they will surely, definitely awake repenting.'