Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:31 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and waters gushing

Arthur John Arberry

and outpoured waters

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

By water flowing constantly

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and waters gushing

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

By water flowing constantly

M. M. Pickthall

And water gushing

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

flowing water,

Wahiduddin Khan

and flowing water

Safi Kaskas

outpouring water

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and outpoured water

T.B.Irving

water pouring forth,

Shakir

And water flowing constantly

Abdul Hye

and by water flowing constantly,

Saeed Malik

and water, blessedly poured

The Study Quran

gushing water

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And flowing water.

Talal Itani (2012)

And outpouring water

M. Farook Malik

constantly flowing water

Dr. Kamal Omar

and water-fall

Dr. Munir Munshey

Water pouring out (of springs constantly)

Syed Vickar Ahamed

By water flowing constantly

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And water poured out

Muhammad Sarwar

and amid the extended shad

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and water, poured forth

Shabbir Ahmed

And water falls

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And outpoured water

Hamid S. Aziz

And water flowing constantly

Abdel Haleem

constantly flowing water

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And water everflowing

Ahmed Ali

Gushing water

Aisha Bewley

and outpouring water

Ali Ünal

And water gushing (and flowing constantly)

Ali Quli Qara'i

and ever-flowing water

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And flowing water.

Musharraf Hussain

water fountains,

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

By water flowing constantly

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and flowing water,

Maududi

and gushing water

Mohammad Shafi

And running water

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And ever flowing water.

Rashad Khalifa

Abundant water.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and flowing water

Faridul Haque

And in perpetually flowing water

Bijan Moeinian

And constantly flowing clean water

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And water gushing

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And poured continuously water

Sher Ali

And flowing water

Edip Yuksel

Flowing water.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (near) water falling from heights

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And flowing, gushing waters

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

By water flowing constantly

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

amidst gushing water

Arthur John Arberry

and outpoured waters

Edward Henry Palmer

And water out-poured

George Sale

near a flowing water

John Medows Rodwell

And by flowing waters

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) flowing (Mas'kuub) water (Maa'in),

Fode Drame

And in water pouring out.

Munir Mezyed

By water flowing constantly,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And flowing water.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…beside flowing water.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and outpouring water

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

water pouring forth,

Samy Mahdy

And outpouring water.

Ali Quli Qarai

and ever-flowing water

Ahmed Hulusi

And flowing waterfalls,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And by water flowing constantly,

A. S. Mohamed

and poured water,

Mir Aneesuddin

and water flowing continuously,

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

A picturesque view of fountain-heads from which water streams gracefully, reflecting the glory of heaven's realm

The Wise Quran Project

And water poured out;

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