Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:55 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”
Arthur John Arberry   
lapping it down like thirsty camels.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
فَشَـٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِیمِ ۝٥٥
Transliteration (2021)   
fashāribūna shur'ba l-hīm
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
And will drink (as) drinking (of) the thirsty camels."

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
drink it as the most insatiably thirsty camels drink!”
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
M. M. Pickthall   
Drinking even as the camel drinketh
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and you will drink ˹it˺ like thirsty camels do.”
Wahiduddin Khan   
You shall drink it as the thirsty camels drink
Safi Kaskas   
drinking it like thirsty camels.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
So you will be ones who drink like the drinking of thirsty camels.
T.B.Irving   
lapping it up, the way thirsty [camels] drink."
Shakir   
And drink as drinks the thirsty camel
Abdul Hye   
yet, you will drink like thirsty camels!”
Saeed Malik   
drinking the thirsty camels' fill.
The Study Quran   
drinking as do parched camels
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
Drinking like thirst-crazed camels.
Talal Itani (2012)   
Drinking like thirsty camels drink.
M. Farook Malik   
yet you shall drink it like a thirsty camel."
Dr. Kamal Omar   
then are about to drink in the style of the drinhead of state act of a thirsty (camel)
Dr. Munir Munshey   
"Which you will drink like a thirst stricken camel!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
"Indeed you shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels
Muhammad Sarwar   
like a thirsty camel"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
and to drink like camels suffering from the disease of over-thirst
Shabbir Ahmed   
And indeed drink as the camel with false thirst drinks." (Greed could never give you inner contentment (26:225), (102:1-2)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
So you will be drinking (like) the drinking of diseased camels wandering with thirst."
Hamid S. Aziz   
"And drink as drinks the thirsty camel."
Abdel Haleem   
lapping it like thirsty camels.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Drinkers even as the drinking of thirsty camels
Ahmed Ali   
Lapping it up like female camels raging of thirst with disease."
Aisha Bewley   
slurping like thirst-crazed camels.
Ali Ünal   
You will drink as the camel raging with thirst drinks
Ali Quli Qara'i   
drinking like thirsty camels.’
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
So you will drink like diseased camels!
Musharraf Hussain   
you’ll drink it like thirsty camels.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
“Indeed you will drink like thirsty camels.
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
and drinking as thirsty camels drink.”
Maududi   
drinking it as thirsty camels do."
Mohammad Shafi   
And drink it as thirsty camels do

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
Then you will drink as thirsty camel's drink.
Rashad Khalifa   
"Then adding drinks of sand."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
and you will drink as the lapping of thirsty camels
Faridul Haque   
Drinking the way thirsty camels drink
Bijan Moeinian   
… like a thirsty camel.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And drink as drinks the thirsty camel
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
So you are drinking the extreme thirst's drink
Sher Ali   
`Drinking as the insatiable thirsty camels drink.
Edip Yuksel   
"So you will drink like thirsty camels!"
Amatul Rahman Omar   
Lapping it down like the lapping of the camels that suffer from insatiable thirst
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
Drinking as a thirst-stricken camel drinks.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
"So you will drink (that) like thirsty camels!"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
yet you shall drink it as the thirsty camel drinks.‘
Arthur John Arberry   
lapping it down like thirsty camels.
Edward Henry Palmer   
and drink as drinks the thirsty camel
George Sale   
and ye shall drink as a thirsty camel drinketh
John Medows Rodwell   
And ye shall drink as the thirsty camel drinketh

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
but (Fa) they will drink (Shaaribuuna) the drink (Shur'ba) of thirst (El'Hiim).
Fode Drame   
And you will drink like the drinking of a wandering camel.
Munir Mezyed   
Gulping it like thirsty camels".
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And drink mad with thirst.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
“You will drink like thirsty camels.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
thus drinking as a thirst-mad camel drinks."
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
lapping it up, the way thirsty [camels] drink."
Samy Mahdy   
So you will drink like the thirsty camels drinking.
Ali Quli Qarai   
drinking like thirsty camels.’
Ahmed Hulusi   
And you will drink it like the drinking of thirsty camels that are unable to quench their thirsts due to their afflictions.
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
"And you will drink (that) like Al-Him!"
A. S. Mohamed   
You will drink like thirsty camels.
Mir Aneesuddin   
and you will drink (as) a thirsty camel drinks.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
" The sensation of thirst shall force you to drink more but like unhealthy camels, you shall be always thirsty"
The Wise Quran Project   
And drink, the drinking of thirsty camels.

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
"Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
"So you will drink like diseased camels!"
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
"So you will drink like thirsty camels!"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And will drink (as) drinking (of) the thirsty camels.
OLD Transliteration   
Fashariboona shurba alheemi