Quran Ayah at-Tur (The Mount, The Mountain) 52:11 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

Woe, then, on that Day to all who give the lie to the truth –

Arthur John Arberry

woe that day unto those that cry lies

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;

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Arabic

فَوَیۡلࣱ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝١١

Transliteration (2021)

fawaylun yawma-idhin lil'mukadhibīn

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

Woe, then, on that Day to all who give the lie to the truth –

M. M. Pickthall

Then woe that day unto the denier

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Then woe on that Day to the deniers—

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;

Safi Kaskas

how terrible it is that Day, for the unbelievers,

Wahiduddin Khan

Woe on that Day to those who deny the truth

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then, woe on a Day to the ones who deny,

T.B.Irving

It will be too bad on that day for rejectors

Shakir

So woe on that day to those who reject (the truth)

Abdul Hye

On that Day, woe be to the rejecters (of truth),

Saeed Malik

Then, woe that day to the truth-beliers

The Study Quran

woe that Day to the denier

Talal Itani (2012)

Woe on that Day to the deniers

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Woe on that Day to the deniers.

M. Farook Malik

On that Day, woe be to the deniers of truth

Shabbir Ahmed

Ultimately, then, is destruction on that Day for all who belie the Truth

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

So, woe to those who reject (the true faith)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then woe (fear and misery), that Day to those (people) who treat (Truth) as falsehood

Dr. Kamal Omar

Then woe that Day for the deniers —

Muhammad Sarwar

Woe will be to those who rejected the Truth

Dr. Munir Munshey

There is misery that day for (all) those who denied (the revelation)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then woe upon that day to the beliers

Hamid S. Aziz

Then woe on that Day unto the deniers (of the truth)

Abdel Haleem

Woe on that Day to those who deny the Truth

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Woe, then, will be on that Day to the belier

Ahmed Ali

Will be the day of woe for thos

Aisha Bewley

woe that Day to the deniers,

Ali Ünal

Woe, then, on that Day to those who deny (God’s Message and the Messengers) –

Ali Quli Qara'i

woe to the deniers on that da

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

Woe on that Day to the deniers.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Then woe that day to those who treat truth as falsehood

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

woe to the deniers (of God and Resurrection Day) on that day,

Musharraf Hussain

Ruined that Day will be the deniers,

Maududi

Woe, then, on that Day to those who give the lie (to this Message

Mohammad Shafi

Woe, then, to all those who had rejected the Truth

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Woe is then on that day to the beliers.

Sher Ali

Then woe that day to those who reject the Truth

Rashad Khalifa

Woe on that day to the disbelievers -

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Woe on that day to the deniers

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So calamity/scandal (on) that day to the liars/falsifiers

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

On that Day woe to those who belie

Faridul Haque

So on that day, ruin is for those who deny

Bijan Moeinian

Grief and sorrow on that day to disbelievers who wasted their life by entering into…

Edip Yuksel

Woes on that day to the deniers.

Amatul Rahman Omar

On that day destruction awaits those who cry lies (to the Messengers of God)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

So on that Day, woe to those who belie

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

Then woe that Day to the beliers

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Woe betide on that day the unbelievers

Arthur John Arberry

woe that day unto those that cry lies

Edward Henry Palmer

then woe upon that day to those who call (the apostles) liars

George Sale

And on that day woe be unto those who accused God's apostles of imposture

John Medows Rodwell

And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

Then (Fa) woe (Wai'lun) on that day (Yaw'maizin), to the deniers (Lil' Mukazzibiin)!

Fode Drame

Then woe on that day on those who belie.

Munir Mezyed

Then Woe on that day betide those who are spiritually blind

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

Woe on that day to those who deny.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

Woe that day to those who reject [God’s truth]…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

So woe on that day to the disbelievers

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

It will be too bad on that day for rejectors

Samy Mahdy

So woe on that day for the falsifiers.

Ali Quli Qarai

woe to the deniers on that day

Ahmed Hulusi

Woe to those who deny that time!

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

Then woe that Day to those who denied.

A. S. Mohamed

woe on that Day to the deniers

Mir Aneesuddin

Sorrowful will be the state on that day of those who deny,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

There and then, denunciated shall be those who denied Allah and rejected the truth and suspected their Messenger of falsehood

The Wise Quran Project

Then woe on that day to the deniers!

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Woe on that Day to the deniers.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

Woe on that Day to the deniers

OLD Literal Word for Word

Then woe, that Day, to the deniers

OLD Transliteration

Fawaylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena

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