Quran Ayah al-Waqi`ah (The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming) 56:6 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

so that they become as scattered dust –

Arthur John Arberry

and become a dust, scattered

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Becoming dust scattered abroad

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Arabic

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَاۤءࣰ مُّنۢبَثࣰّا ۝٦

Transliteration (2021)

fakānat habāan munbatha

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

So they become dust particles dispersing.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

so that they become as scattered dust –

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Becoming dust scattered abroad

M. M. Pickthall

So that they become a scattered dust

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

becoming scattered ˹particles of˺ dust,

Wahiduddin Khan

and become like scattered dust particles

Safi Kaskas

and become scattered dust

T.B.Irving

and become dust that is scattered about.

Shakir

So that they shall be as scattered dust

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

then, they had been dust scattered about.

Abdul Hye

so that they will become floating dust particles.

Saeed Malik

So, to be dispersed dust.

The Study Quran

such that they become scattered dust

Talal Itani (2012)

And they become scattered dust

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

Becoming scattered dust.

Shabbir Ahmed

So that they scatter like sand in a sandstorm. (20:105), (28:20), (77:10), (81:3)

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

until they will become dust, scattered in the air

Muhammad Sarwar

they will become like dust scattered around

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And become dust dispersing

Syed Vickar Ahamed

So that they will become dust scattered around

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

So that they become disseminated dust particles

M. Farook Malik

and become like scattered dust

Hamid S. Aziz

So that they shall be as scattered dust

Dr. Kamal Omar

So (the firm and fixed mountains) became dust and debris made to float and fly

Dr. Munir Munshey

And scattered about as dust

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

So that they become scattered dust.

Ali Quli Qara'i

and become scattered dust

Ali Ünal

So they become dust scattered

Aisha Bewley

and become scattered dust in the air.

Ahmed Ali

Turned to dust, floating in the air

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

So that they become dust seattered

Abdel Haleem

and turn to scattered dust

Musharraf Hussain

and become scattered dust.

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

Becoming dust scattered abroad

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and become scattered dust.

Maududi

and will scatter abroad into fine dust

Mohammad Shafi

And become scattered dust

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And will become like thin particles of dust scattered in the sunshine of the ventilator.

Faridul Haque

So they will become like fine dust, scattered in a shaft of light

Bijan Moeinian

to pieces of sands

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

So it was dust scattered/distributed

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So they are as scattered dust

Sher Ali

They shall all become like dust particles scattered about

Rashad Khalifa

As if they never existed.

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

becoming scattered dust

Edip Yuksel

So that they become only scattered dust.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then will become dust particles spread in the air

Amatul Rahman Omar

So that they shall all be reduced to particles of dust scattered about

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

So that they will become floating dust particles

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

and scatter abroad into fine dust

John Medows Rodwell

And shall become scattered dust

Arthur John Arberry

and become a dust, scattered

Edward Henry Palmer

and become like motes dispersed

George Sale

and shall become as dust scattered abroad

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Fa) become (Kaanat') dispersed (Munbatthaa) dust particles (Habaa'an).

Fode Drame

So that they become dust scattered all over.

Munir Mezyed

Becoming dust particles floating around.

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And are like scattered dust.

Linda “iLHam” Barto

…and collapse.

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and become scattered dust,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and become dust that is scattered about.

Samy Mahdy

So they were mote, disseminating.

Ali Quli Qarai

and become scattered dust,

Ahmed Hulusi

And become dust dispersing.

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

So that they will become floating dust particles.

A. S. Mohamed

turning into scattered dust,

Mir Aneesuddin

so that they will become as scattered dust.

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

And become so comminuted as to be raised in a cloud by the wind and scattered like ashes

The Wise Quran Project

And become dispersed motes.

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Becoming dust scattered abroad

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

So that they become only scattered dust.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

So that they become only scattered dust

OLD Literal Word for Word

So they become dust particles dispersing

OLD Transliteration

Fakanat habaan munbaththan

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