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Muhammad Asad   
AND [thus it is:] he whom God lets go astray has henceforth no protector whatever: and so thou wilt see such evildoers [on Judgment Day, and wilt hear how] they exclaim as soon as they behold the suffering [that awaits them], “Is there any way of return?”
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And whoever Allah leaves to stray will have no guide after Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when they face the torment, pleading, “Is there any way back ˹to the world˺?”
Safi Kaskas   
Whoever God lets go astray will have no protector apart from Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there a way of going back?"

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وَمَن یُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن وَلِیࣲّ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦۗ وَتَرَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلۡعَذَابَ یَقُولُونَ هَلۡ إِلَىٰ مَرَدࣲّ مِّن سَبِیلࣲ ۝٤٤
Transliteration (2021)   
waman yuḍ'lili l-lahu famā lahu min waliyyin min baʿdihi watarā l-ẓālimīna lammā ra-awū l-ʿadhāba yaqūlūna hal ilā maraddin min sabīli
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And whoever lets go astray Allah then not for him any protector from after Him. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment saying, "Is (there) for return any way?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
AND [thus it is:] he whom God lets go astray has henceforth no protector whatever: and so thou wilt see such evildoers [on Judgment Day, and wilt hear how] they exclaim as soon as they behold the suffering [that awaits them], “Is there any way of return?”
M. M. Pickthall   
He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no protecting friend after Him. And thou (Muhammad) wilt see the evil-doers when they see the doom, (how) they say: Is there any way of return
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
For any whom Allah leaves astray, there is no protector thereafter. And thou wilt see the Wrong-doers, when in sight of the Penalty, Say: "Is there any way (to effect) a return?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And whoever Allah leaves to stray will have no guide after Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when they face the torment, pleading, “Is there any way back ˹to the world˺?”
Safi Kaskas   
Whoever God lets go astray will have no protector apart from Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there a way of going back?"
Wahiduddin Khan   
Anyone whom God lets go astray will thereafter have no protector whatsoever: you will see the wrongdoers, when they face the punishment, exclaiming, Is there no way back
Shakir   
And whomsoever Allah makes err, he has no guardian after Him; and you shall see the unjust, when they see the punishment, saying: Is there any way to return
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And whomever God causes to go astray has no protector apart from Him. And thou wilt see the ones who are unjust when they would see the punishment. They will say: Is there any way of turning it back?
T.B.Irving   
Anyone whom God lets go astray will have no patron beyond Him; you will see wrongdoers saying, once they have seen the torment: "Is there any way to turn back?"
Abdul Hye   
Those whom Allah sends astray, there is no protector for them after Him. When they will face the punishment, you will see the wrongdoers say: “Is there any way for return (to the world)?”
The Study Quran   
And whomsoever God leads astray has no protector beyond Him. Thou shalt see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, “Is there any way of return?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
Whomever God misguides will have no protector besides Him. When they face the punishment, you will witness the wrongdoers pleading, “Is there any way to go back?”
Talal Itani (2012)   
Whoever God leaves astray has no protector apart from Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the torment, saying, 'Is there a way of going back?'
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And whomsoever Allah allows to go astray, then (there is) not unto him out of a wali after Him. And you will notice the transgressors as and when they saw the Punishment — they will say: “Is there any wayout for tahead of state a return (to the worldly life)?”
M. Farook Malik   
He whom Allah lets go astray has no protector after Him. When they will face the punishment, you will see the wrongdoers exclaim: "Is there any way back to the world?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And whomever Allah leads into error, in no way (can) he have any patron even after Him; and you will see the unjust ones, as soon as they see the torment, saying, "Is there any way of turning back?"
Muhammad Sarwar   
Whomever God has caused to go astray will find no guardian after this. You will see the unjust, on facing the torment, say, "Is there any way to turn back
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
The one whom Allah lets go astray, there is no one for him to protect thereafter. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they will see the punishment, that they will say, .Is there any way to be sent back (to the world)?
Shabbir Ahmed   
And he whom Allah lets go astray has, then on, no protector. And you will see the oppressors when they face the punishment how they say, "Is there any way of return!" (Allah lets go astray = People only go astray by defying the Divine Law of Guidance (4:88))
Dr. Munir Munshey   
The one whom Allah leads astray does not have, besides Him, any protection. When the evildoers see their punishment, you will find them wondering (aloud), "Is there now a possibility to return, (to rescind and recant)?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
For any (of those) whom Allah leaves astray, there is no protector after Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when the penalty is close; Saying: "Is there any way to come back?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And he whom Allah sends astray - for him there is no protector beyond Him. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there for return [to the former world] any way?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And whomever God sends astray will not have any ally after Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the retribution, saying: "Is there any way we can go back"
Abdel Haleem   
Anyone God allows to stray will have no one else to protect him: you [Prophet] will see the wrongdoers, when they face the punishment, exclaiming, ‘Is there any way of going back?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And whomsoever Allah will send astray, for him there will be no protecting friend to take His place. And thou wilt behold the wrong- doers when they behold the torment saying: is there Unto return any way
Ahmed Ali   
He whom God leads astray has no one except God to protect him. You should see the sinners when they face the punishment. They will say: "Isn't there a way of going back?"
Aisha Bewley   
Whoever Allah misguides has no one to protect them after that. You will see the wrongdoers saying, when they see the punishment, ´Is there no way back?´
Ali Ünal   
Whoever (due to his choice) God leads astray, he will no longer have any guardian (to help and support him). You will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying: "Is there any way back (to the world for us to become righteous people)?"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Whomever Allah leads astray has no guardian apart from Him. You will see the wrongdoers, when they sight the punishment, saying, ‘Is there any way for a retreat?’
Hamid S. Aziz   
And whomsoever Allah makes err, he has no guardian after Him; and you shall see the unjust, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there any way to return?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And whomever God misguides then he has no protector after Him. And you will see the wrongdoers when they see the punishment, saying: “Is there any way to return?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
For any whom God leaves astray, there is no protector after that, and you will see the wrongdoers when in sight of the penalty say, “Is there any way to return?
Musharraf Hussain   
Whoever Allah allows to go astray will have no helper after that, and you will see the wrongdoers when they see the punishment; they will say, “Is there any way of going back?”
Maududi   
He whom Allah lets go astray, none after Him can be his protector. You will see that when the wrong-doers observe the chastisement, they will exclaim: "Is there any way to go back?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And whoever God sends astray will not have any ally after Him. And you will see the transgressors, when they see the retribution, saying: "Is there any way we can go back?
Mohammad Shafi   
And he whom Allah lets go astray has no wali thereafter. And so you will see the evildoers [on Judgment Day] exclaim as soon as they behold the punishment, "Is there any way back?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And whomsoever Allah leads astray, he has no friend against Allah. And you will see the oppressors when they will see the torment saying, Is there anyway to return'
Rashad Khalifa   
Whomever GOD sends astray will never find any other lord, and you will see such transgressors, when they see the retribution, saying, "Can we get another chance?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
He whom Allah leads astray has none to protect him thereafter. You will see the harmdoers when they see the punishment saying: 'Is there a way back?
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And he whom Allah leaves in error has no friend after Him. And thou wilt see the iniquitous, when they see the chastisement, saying: Is there any way of return
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And whom God misguided, so (there is) none from a guardian/ally for him from after Him, and you see the unjust/oppressors when they saw the torture, they say: "Is (there) from a way/path to return?"
Bijan Moeinian   
Those who [deserve that] God let them slide more and more into darkness will never find any protector. You will see them on the Day of Judgment begging for a second chance when they see with their own eyes how awful of a punishment is waiting for them
Faridul Haque   
And whomever Allah sends astray, there is no friend for him against Allah; and you will see the unjust when they behold the punishment saying, “Is there a way to return?”
Sher Ali   
And he whom ALLAH adjudges astray - there is no protector for him thereafter. And thou wilt find the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, `Is there any way of return?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And the one whom Allah holds astray, for him there is no protector after that. And you will see the wrongdoers; when they see the torment (of the Last Day), they will say: ‘Is there any way to go back (to the world)?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
As for the person whom Allah forsakes and adjudges as lost there is no protecting-friend for him except He. And you will find that when the wrongdoers see the punishment (about to overtake them) they will say, `Is there any way back?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And whomsoever Allah sends astray, for him there is no Walee (protector) after Him. And you will see the Zalimoon (polytheists, wrong-doers, oppressors, etc.) when they behold the torment, they will say: "Is there any way of return (to the world)?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
Whomsoever God leads astray, he has no protector after him; and thou shalt see the evildoers, when they see the chastisement, saying, 'Is there any way to be sent back?
George Sale   
Whom God shall cause to err, he shall afterwards have no protector. And thou shalt see the ungodly, who shall say, when they behold the punishment prepared for them, is there no way to return back into the world
Edward Henry Palmer   
But whomsoever God leads astray he has no patron after Him; and thou mayest see the unjust when they see the torment say, 'Is there no way to avert this?
John Medows Rodwell   
But he whom God shall cause to err, shall thenceforth have no protector. And thou shalt behold the perpetrators of injustice, Exclaiming, when they see the torment, "Is there no way to return?"
N J Dawood (2014)   
He whom God confounds has no protector after him. And you shall see the wrongdoers when they behold the scourge, say: ‘Is there no way back?‘

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Fode Drame   
And whosoever Allah causes to go astray, there is no ally for him after Him. And you will see the wrongdoers when they see the punishment they will say, “Is there any way of returning?”
Munir Mezyed   
And whomever Allâh leaves to go astray has no protector after Him. You will see those who have voluntarily and consciously abandoned the Full Knowledge of the Truth in favour of their own whims when they behold the punishment, they will (remorsefully) say: "Is there any way (for us) to be sent back (to the worldly life)?"
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And whomever Allah lets go astray, He has no protector after that, and you see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, say: is there a way of preventing it?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
For any whom Allah leaves astray, there is no protector thereafter. You will see the sinners viewing the punishment. [They will] say, “Is there a way to return?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And whoever Allah misguides has no guardian apart from Him. And yousg see the unjust when they have seen the punishment, saying, “Is there a way of going back?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Anyone whom Allah (God) lets go astray will have no patron beyond Him; you will see wrongdoers saying, once they have seen the torment: "Is there any way to turn back?"
Samy Mahdy   
And whoever Allah strays, so for him there is no guardian after Him. And you see the oppressors, when they see the torment, saying, "Is there for a turn back any pathway?"
Ahmed Hulusi   
Whoever Allah leads astray, there is no friend (Waliyy) for him... On facing their punishment (death), you will see the wrongdoers say, “Is there any way to return (to the life of the biological body)?”
Mir Aneesuddin   
And he whom Allah leaves to stray, then for him there is no guardian after that. And you will see those who were unjust, that when they see the punishment they will say, “Is there any way to return?”
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And he whom Allah does not guide to His path of righteousness, shall find no tutelary guardian besides Him to guide him thereto. And you shall see the wrongful of actions excited with fear and terror when Hell is in their sight. There and then shall they say: "O Allah, do we stand a chance to return back to life and hold Your way and follow it without deviation?"

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
For any whom God leaves astray, there is no protector thereafter. And thou wilt see the Wrong-doers, when in sight of the Penalty, Say: "Is there any way (to effect) a return?"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And whoever Allah lets go astray then not for him any protector after Him. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment saying, "Is (there) for return any way?
OLD Transliteration   
Waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min waliyyin min baAAdihi watara alththalimeena lamma raawoo alAAathaba yaqooloona hal ila maraddin min sabeelin