←Prev   Ayah Qaf (The Letter Qaf) 50:42   Next→ 

Popular and/or Featured Works
Muhammad Asad   
[and bethink thyself, too, of] the Day on which all [human beings] will in truth hear the final blast - that Day of [their] coming-forth [from death]
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
the Day all will hear the ˹mighty˺ Blast in ˹all˺ truth, that will be the Day of emergence ˹from the graves˺.
Safi Kaskas   
The Day they will hear the blast in all Truth, that is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

Listen: 
Did you notice?

 You can SEARCH IslamAwakened: 

Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
یَوۡمَ یَسۡمَعُونَ ٱلصَّیۡحَةَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ یَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُرُوجِ ۝٤٢
Transliteration (2021)   
yawma yasmaʿūna l-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqi dhālika yawmu l-khurūj
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
(The) Day they will hear the Blast in truth. That (is the) Day (of) coming forth.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[and bethink thyself, too, of] the Day on which all [human beings] will in truth hear the final blast - that Day of [their] coming-forth [from death]
M. M. Pickthall   
The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
the Day all will hear the ˹mighty˺ Blast in ˹all˺ truth, that will be the Day of emergence ˹from the graves˺.
Safi Kaskas   
The Day they will hear the blast in all Truth, that is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].
Wahiduddin Khan   
The Day when men will hear the fateful cry, they will rise up [from their graves]
Shakir   
The day when they shall hear the cry in truth; that is the day of coming forth
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
On a Day when they will hear the Cry with The Truth. That will be the Day of going forth.
T.B.Irving   
a day when they will really hear the Blast; that will be the day to reappear in!
Abdul Hye   
the Day when the people will hear the cry in truth; that will be the Day of coming out (dead will rise from the graves i.e., the Day of Resurrection).
The Study Quran   
on the Day when they hear the Cry of Truth; that is the Day of coming forth
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
The Day when they will hear the blast in truth. That will be the Day of Emergence.
Talal Itani (2012)   
The Day when they will hear the Shout in all truth. That is the Day of Emergence
Dr. Kamal Omar   
the Day they will hear As-Saiha in its true sense. This will be (the) Day for coming out (of the burial places)
M. Farook Malik   
the Day when the people will hear the mighty blast in reality; that will be the Day of coming forth (the dead will rise from their graves)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The Day (when) they hear the Shout with the Truth; that is the Day of going out (of the graves)
Muhammad Sarwar   
On that day they will certainly hear the sound of the trumpet and that will be the Day of Resurrection
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
the Day they will hear the Cry in reality_ that will be the Day of Resurrection
Shabbir Ahmed   
The day on which they will hear the real battle-cry. That is the day of coming forth (along with your companions, O Prophet)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Is the day they shall hear the blast, the call of truth! That will be the day of release (from the graves)
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in truth (for awakening): That will be the Day of Resurrection
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves]
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Day they hear the scream with truth. That is the Day of coming out
Abdel Haleem   
They will come out [from their graves] on that Day, the Day when they hear the mighty blast in reality
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The Day whereon they will surely hear the shout - that is the Day of coming forth
Ahmed Ali   
The day they actually hear the blast, will be the Day of rising of the dead
Aisha Bewley   
The Day they hear the Blast in truth, that is the Day of Emergence.
Ali Ünal   
The Day when they will hear the Blast in truth (as a predetermined decree of God that must happen). That is the Day of the coming forth (when the dead will be raised from their graves)
Ali Quli Qara'i   
the day when they hear the Cry in all truth. That is the day of rising [from the dead]
Hamid S. Aziz   
The Day when they shall hear the Call (or Cry or Blast) in truth; that is the day of coming forth
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
a day when they hear the awful blast in truth, that is the day of coming out (of graves).
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
The day when they will hear a mighty blast. In fact, that will be the Day of Resurrection
Musharraf Hussain   
when people hear a Blast. That shall be the Day of the coming out of graves.
Maududi   
the Day when they shall hear the Blast in truth. That will be the Day (for the dead) to come forth
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Day they hear the scream with the truth. That is the Day of coming out.
Mohammad Shafi   
The Day when they hear a real mighty Blast — that is the Day of Resurrection

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The day when they will hear the uproar in truth. This is the day of coming forth from the graves.
Rashad Khalifa   
When they hear the inevitable cry; that is the day you come out.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
On the Day when they will hear the Shout, in truth that Day they will emerge
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The day when they hear the cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
A day/time they hear/listen (to) the loud strong cry/torture raid with the truth , that (is) the Exit Day/Resurrection Day
Bijan Moeinian   
That will be the Day that all the people will be hearing the true call and will get out death
Faridul Haque   
The day when all will hear the Scream with the truth; this is the day of coming out of the graves
Sher Ali   
The day when they will hear the inevitable blast; that will be the day of coming forth from the graves
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The Day when people will assuredly hear a mighty roar. That will be the Day of coming out from the graves
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The day they hear the inevitable mighty blast, that will be the day of coming forth (from the graves)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
The Day when they will hear As-Saihah (shout, etc.) in truth, that will be the Day of coming out (from the graves i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
On the day they hear the Cry in truth, that is the day of coming forth
George Sale   
The day whereon they shall hear the voice of the trumpet in truth: This will be the day of mens coming forth from their graves
Edward Henry Palmer   
the day when they shall hear the shout in truth - that is the day of coming forth
John Medows Rodwell   
The day on which men shall in truth hear that shout will be the day of their coming forth from the grave
N J Dawood (2014)   
the day when they will hear the cry of Truth. On that day they will rise up from their graves

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
A day when they will hear the deafening shriek by the truth. That is the day of the forthcoming [of the dead].
Munir Mezyed   
The day when they shall hear the (Inevitable) Blast in truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
On the day they hear the roar in truth, that is the day of resurrection.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
On that day, they will hear a blast in justice. That will be the Day of Resurrection.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
The day when they hear the Shout in all truth; that is the Day of Emergence.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
a day when they will really hear the Blast; that will be the day to reappear in!
Samy Mahdy   
On a Day when they will hear the shout by right. That is The Exodus Day (The Resurrection).
Ahmed Hulusi   
The time when they will hear the blast in Truth! That is the time of emergence (awakening to the reality outside the cocoon)!
Mir Aneesuddin   
the day when they will hear the loud cry in reality, that will be the day of coming out (from the earth).
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
This is the Day when all shall hear the exploding annunciation of the matter of fact so announced; this is the Day of Resurrection

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the Day of Resurrection
OLD Literal Word for Word   
(The) Day they will hear the Blast in truth. That (is the) Day (of) coming forth
OLD Transliteration   
Yawma yasmaAAoona alssayhata bialhaqqi thalika yawmu alkhurooji