Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and is enwrapped in the pangs of deat
M. M. Pickthall
And agony is heaped on agony
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And one leg will be joined with another
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and ˹then˺ their feet are tied together ˹in a shroud˺.
Safi Kaskas
when one leg is entwined with the other,
Wahiduddin Khan
when his legs are brought together [when affliction is combined with affliction]
Shakir
And affliction is combined with affliction
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
and one leg was intertwined with the other leg,
T.B.Irving
while one shin will twist around the other shin [to keep it from moving];
Abdul Hye
and one leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded);
The Study Quran
and the shank is intertwined with the shank
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
As one leg intertwines with the other.
Talal Itani (2012)
And leg is entwined with leg
Dr. Kamal Omar
And the calf (of one side) came closer to the calf (of the other side)
while one leg will twist around the other leg (agony will heap on agony)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And shank is entwined with shank
Muhammad Sarwar
When legs are twisted around each other
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and one shank is intertwined with the other shank
Shabbir Ahmed
And it is pang upon pang
Dr. Munir Munshey
Then, the shin will twine around its twin _ (the other shin)
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And one leg will be joined with another leg
And the leg is wound about the leg
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And the leg is buckled around the other leg
Abdel Haleem
when his legs are brought together
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And one shank is entangled with the other shank
Ahmed Ali
And anguish will be heaped upon anguish
Aisha Bewley
and one leg is entwined with the other:
Ali Ünal
And (in the agony of death) one leg is intertwined with the other
Ali Quli Qara'i
and each shank clasps the other shank
Hamid S. Aziz
And one leg will be tied to another (i.e. after death)
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
and the leg is twisted around the leg,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And one leg will be joined with another
Musharraf Hussain
the legs will be straightened and brought together;
Maududi
and calf is inter-twined with calf
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And the leg is buckled around the other leg.
Mohammad Shafi
And the leg was put close to the [other] leg
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And shank will intertwined with shank.
Each leg will lay motionless next to the other leg.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and when leg is intertwined with leg
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And affliction is combined with affliction -
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And the shin/leg coiled/wrapped with the shin/leg
Bijan Moeinian
Then each leg will stay motionless to the next leg
Faridul Haque
And one shin will curl up with the other shin
Sher Ali
And one shank rubs against the other shank in death-agony
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And one leg clings to the other
Amatul Rahman Omar
And one shank rubs against the other (in death agony) and one distress will be combined with another distress (for the departing soul)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And one leg is twisted around the other leg.
Munir Mezyed
And then one of his legs is laid over the other.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And agony will be heaped upon agony.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
One leg is joined with the other leg [as death pulls the soul from the body].
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
and leg is entwined with leg—
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
while one shin will twist around the other shin [to keep it from moving];
Samy Mahdy
And the leg is entwined with the leg.
Ahmed Hulusi
And the feet will be intertwined!
Mir Aneesuddin
and one ankle is joined with (the other) ankle,
Now both legs are laid across each other in preparation
The Wise Quran
And the shank is wrapped with the shank;