Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And [then,] the twilight of death brings with it the [full] truth that [very thing, O man,] from which thou wouldst always look away! –
M. M. Pickthall
And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
˹Ultimately,˺ with the throes of death will come the truth. This is what you were trying to escape!
Safi Kaskas
Eventually, the trance of death will come with the Truth. This is what you were trying to evade.
Wahiduddin Khan
The trance of death will come revealing the truth: that is what you were trying to escape
Shakir
And the stupor of death will come in truth; that is what you were trying to escape
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
when the agony of death drew near with The Truth. That is what thou hadst been shunning.
T.B.Irving
The agony of death will come [and confront you] with the Truth; that is what you have been trying to escape!
Abdul Hye
And when the agony of death will come in truth (they will say): “This is what you were trying to avoid from it!”
The Study Quran
And the agony of death comes with the truth. That is what you were avoiding
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
The stupor of death arrives: “This is what you attempted to evade.”
Talal Itani (2012)
The daze of death has come in truth: 'This is what you tried to evade.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
And the stupor of death approached in full truth: this is what you used to remain heedless thereof
When the agony of death will bring the truth before his eyes, they will say: "This is what you were trying to escape!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And the stupor of death comes with the Truth; that is what you were averting
Muhammad Sarwar
and (the human being will be told), "This is what you had been trying to run away from"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The daze of death has (to) come with truth. That is what you tried to escape
Shabbir Ahmed
And then, the twilight of death brings with it the inevitable truth. "This is the very thing you would rather evade."
Dr. Munir Munshey
The agony (and stupor) of death will bring about the truth, "This is the very thing you used to avoid and evade"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And the agony of death will bring truth (before his eyes, and he says): "This was the thing you were attempting to escape!"
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the moment of death came in truth: "This is what you have been trying to avoid!"
Abdel Haleem
The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what you tried to escape.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And the stupor of death will come in truth: this is that which thou hast been shunning
Ahmed Ali
The palsy of death will surely come. This is what you wished to avert
Aisha Bewley
The throes of death come revealing the truth. That is what you were trying to evade!
Ali Ünal
And the stupor of death comes in truth (being the established decree of God for life). That is, (O human,) what you were trying to escape
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then the agony of death brings the truth: ‘This is what you used to shun!’
Hamid S. Aziz
And the stupor of death will bring truth; that is what you were trying to escape
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And the agony of death comes in truth, which is what you were keeping away from it.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And the shock at death will bring truth, “This was the thing which you were trying to escape.
Musharraf Hussain
Death throes will bring the truth with it: “This is what you tried to escape.”
Maududi
Lo, the agony of death has indeed come with the Truth. That is what you had sought to avoid
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the moment of death came with truth: "This is what you have been trying to avoid!"
Mohammad Shafi
And the pangs of death will bring the Truth home to him. "This was the thing you kept away from!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And there has come the stupor of death with truth. This is from which you were trying to run.
Finally, the inevitable coma of death comes; this is what you tried to evade.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
And when the agony of death comes in truth (they will say): 'This is what you have been trying to avoid!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the stupor of death comes in truth; that is what thou wouldst shun
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And the death's/liflessness's intensity/agony came with the truth that (is) what you were from it deviating/turning aside
Bijan Moeinian
The whole truth starts to reveal itself as soon as the agony of death touches the person. The same death that you were trying to escape
Faridul Haque
And the hardship of death came with the truth; “This is what you were escaping from!”
Sher Ali
And the stupor of death, certainly comes. `this is what thou wast striving to run from.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And the stupor of death comes with the truth. (O man,) that is what you were running away from
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Mankind!) the stupor of death has truly to come. This is the thing which you were trying to avoid
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And the stupor of death will come in truth: "This is what you have been avoiding!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And the throes of death brought along the truth that is what you used to evade from.
Munir Mezyed
The agony of death comes in truth. That is what you have been avoiding.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And the delirium of death comes in truth, that is what you tried to avoid.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
With the stupor of death, the truth is flashed: “Here is what you sought to escape!”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Then came the daze of death with the truth: “That is what yousg were trying to avoid.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The agony of death will come [and confront you] with the Truth; that is what you have been trying to escape!
Samy Mahdy
And the death grogginess had come with the right: “That is what from it you shun.”
Ahmed Hulusi
And the intoxication of death has come, revealing the Truth! This is the very thing you tried to escape!
Mir Aneesuddin
And the intoxication of death will really come, (when it will be said), “That is what you used to run away from.”
Then, there comes the occasion when he sinks into a stupor indicating the near approach of the encounter with death; "This is," he is told, "what you tried hard to evade."
The Wise Quran
And the intoxication of death will come in truth. That is what you were of it shunning.