Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:5 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards

Arthur John Arberry

and the mountains crumble

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms

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Arabic

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسࣰّا ۝٥

Transliteration (2021)

wabussati l-jibālu bassa

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

And will be crumbled the mountains (with awful) crumbling.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and the mountains are shattered into [countless] shards

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms

M. M. Pickthall

And the hills are ground to powder

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and the mountains will be crushed to pieces,

Safi Kaskas

and the mountains are crushed and crumble

Wahiduddin Khan

and the mountains are totally shattered and crumble to piece

Shakir

And the mountains shall be made to crumble with (an awful) crumbling

T.B.Irving

and the mountains crumble to pieces

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the mountains be crumbled to dust, crumbling,

Abdul Hye

and the mountains will be powdered to dust,

Saeed Malik

And the mountains are milled fine

The Study Quran

and the mountains are pulverized to powder

Talal Itani (2012)

And the mountains are crushed and crumbled

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

And the mountains are crushed to pieces.

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the mountains will be wiped out.

Shabbir Ahmed

And the tyrannical powers crumble

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and the mountains will be crumbled a thorough crumbling

Muhammad Sarwar

and the mountains crumbled

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the mountains are broken down, crumblin

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the mountains shall be crushed to atoms

M. Farook Malik

and the mountains shall be made to crumble with awful crumblin

Dr. Kamal Omar

And the mountains stand powdered to dust

Dr. Munir Munshey

And the mountains are ground up into fine particles

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the mountains crumbled with a violent crumbling

Hamid S. Aziz

And the mountains shall be crumbled

Ali Quli Qara'i

and the mountains are shattered into bit

Ali Ünal

And the mountains are shattered and crumble

Aisha Bewley

and the mountains are crushed

Ahmed Ali

The mountains bruised and crushed

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the mountains are crumbled, crumbled

Abdel Haleem

and the mountains are ground to powder

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and the mountains are totally disintegrated

Musharraf Hussain

the mountains will crumble

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the mountains will be crumbled to atoms

Maududi

and the mountains will crumble

Mohammad Shafi

And the mountains will be crumbled with an [awful] crumbling

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the mountains shall be broken to pieces completely smashed.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and the mountains fragmente

Faridul Haque

And the mountains will be crushed, blown to bits

Bijan Moeinian

And the mountains will be reduced.

Rashad Khalifa

The mountains will be wiped out.

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the mountains was crumbled/scattered , crumbling/scattering

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the mountains are crumbled to pieces

Sher Ali

And mountains will be scattered - a complete scattering

Edip Yuksel

The mountains will be wiped out.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And the mountains will be crumbled into bits

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the mountains shall be completely shattered

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And the mountains will be powdered to dust

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and the mountains crumble awa

John Medows Rodwell

And the mountains shall be crumbled with a crumbling

Arthur John Arberry

and the mountains crumble

Edward Henry Palmer

and the mountains shall crumble, crumbling

George Sale

and the mountains shall be dashed in pieces

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the mountains (El'Jibaalu) will crush (Bussati) by crushing (Bassaa)

Fode Drame

And the mountains are pulverized to a complete pulverization.

Munir Mezyed

The Mountains will crumble to ground,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

The mountains will crumble…

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and mountains are crushed and crumbled

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the mountains crumble.

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and the mountains crumble to pieces

Samy Mahdy

And the mountains are pulverized, a pulverization.

Ali Quli Qarai

and the mountains are shattered into bits

Ahmed Hulusi

And the mountains (the organs in the body) are crumbled,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And the mountains will be powdered to dust,

A. S. Mohamed

and the mountains crushed and crumbled,

Mir Aneesuddin

and the mountains will be crumbled (with) a crumbling,

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

And the mountains shiver into atoms

The Wise Quran Project

And the mountains will be crumbled, crumbling,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the mountains will be wiped out.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And the mountains will be wiped out

OLD Literal Word for Word

And will be crumbled the mountains (with awful) crumbling

OLD Transliteration

Wabussati aljibalu bassan

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