Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and so [sudden will be their end that] no testament will they be able to make, - nor to their own people will they return
M. M. Pickthall
Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their affairs), nor to return to their own people
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Then they will not be able to make a ˹last˺ will, nor can they return to their own people.
Safi Kaskas
They will not be able [to give] any testimony, nor will they return to their people.
Wahiduddin Khan
They will have no time to make a will, nor shall they return to their own people
Shakir
So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to their families
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, they will not be able to leave a legacy nor will they return to their people.
T.B.Irving
They will not even manage to draw up a will, nor will they return to their own people.
Abdul Hye
Then, they will neither be able to make a will, nor they will be able to return to their family.
The Study Quran
and then they can make no bequest, nor return to their people
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They won’t be able to make any will, nor will they return to their families.
Talal Itani (2012)
They will not be able to make a will, nor will they return to their families
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then they will not be able to make bequest (or will), and nor they will return to their family-members
Then, neither they will be able to make a will, nor be able to return to their families
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then they will not be able to make any testament, nor will they return to their families
Muhammad Sarwar
Then they will not be able to make a will or return to their families
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their household
Shabbir Ahmed
And they shall not even have time to utter their last wish, nor will they be able to get together with their families
Dr. Munir Munshey
Then, they will have no chance either to make a will or to return to their families
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then they will have no (chance by their own) will to settle (their affairs), and not (even) to return to their own people
And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They will not even be able to leave a will, nor will they be able to return to their people
Abdel Haleem
They will have no time to make bequests, nor will they have the chance to return to their own people
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And they will not be able to make a disposition, nor to their family they return
Ahmed Ali
Then they would not be able to make a will, or go back to their people
Aisha Bewley
They will not be able to make a will or return to their families.
Ali Ünal
Then they will not be able even to make a bequest (so suddenly will the blast seize them), nor return to their families
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks
Hamid S. Aziz
So they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they return to their families
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
then they will not be able to make any instruction (as their will) and they will not return to their families.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Then no chance will they have with their will to manage their affairs, nor to return to their people
Musharraf Hussain
Then they won’t be able to make a will or return to their families
Maududi
and they will not even be able to make a testament, nor to return to their households
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They will not even be able to leave a will, nor will they be able to return to their people
Mohammad Shafi
Then they will not be able to make a bequest, nor return to their families
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then neither they will be able to make a will nor will they return to their homes.
They will not even have time to make a will, nor will they be able to return to their people.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Then they will be unable to make a will, nor shall they return to their kinsmen
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their families
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So they are not being able (of) direction/influence , and nor to their families they return
Bijan Moeinian
It will happen so fast that they will not have time to make a will or bid farewell to their folks
Faridul Haque
Therefore neither able to make a will, nor returning to their homes
Sher Ali
And they will not be able to make a will nor will they return to their families
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then they will not be able to make a will or to return to their families
Amatul Rahman Omar
And so (sudden will be their end) that they will not be able to leave instructions about their affairs nor to their own people will they return
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Then they will not be able to make bequest, nor they will return to their family
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Then they will not be able to hand down their will nor will they return back to their folks.
Munir Mezyed
Then they won’t be able to make bequest or return to their family.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then they cannot raise a warning nor return to their families.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
so that they will neither be able to make a will nor return to their own people.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They will not have a chance to prepare a will or to return to their own people.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They will not even manage to draw up a will, nor will they return to their own people. (IV)
Samy Mahdy
So, they cannot bequest, nor to their families will they return.
Sayyid Qutb
No time will they have to make bequests, nor will they return to their own people.
Thomas Cleary
so they won’t be able to make their last will. and they won’t return to their families.
Ahmed Hulusi
At that time they will neither have the strength to make a bequest nor will they be able to return to their families!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then they shall not be able to make a bequest, nor shall they be able to return unto their families.
And then it is too late to act nor do they have the chance to settle or dispose of their affairs verbally or in writing nor to their people will they return
Mir Aneesuddin
so that they will neither be able to make a bequest nor will they be able to return to their own people.
The Wise Quran
And they shall not be able to make bequest; nor shall they return to their people.