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Muhammad Asad
with darkness overspread
Arthur John Arberry
o'erspread with darkness -
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Blackness will cover them
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تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
Transliteration-3
tarhaquhā qataratun
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darkness will cover them
Word by Word (2021)
Will cover them darkness.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
with darkness overspread
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
Veiled in darkness
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Blackness will cover them
Mustafa Khattab 2018
cast in gloom—
Safi Kaskas 2025
overwhelmed by Sorrow.
Wahiduddin Khan
and overcast with gloom
Shakir
Darkness shall cover them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Gloom will come over them.
T.B.Irving
soot will overshadow them.
Abdul Hye
darkness will cover them.
Saeed Malik
Gloom overcoming them.
The Study Quran
overspread with darkness
Talal Itani & AI (2025)
Veiled in darkness.
Talal Itani (2012)
Overwhelmed by remorse
Dr. Kamal Omar
darkness of despair shall cover them
M. Farook Malik
and veiled with darkness
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Oppressed by gloom
Muhammad Sarwar
and covered by darkness
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
covered by darkness
Shabbir Ahmed
With gloom overspread
Dr. Munir Munshey
And overwhelmed by darkness
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Blackness will cover them
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
Blackness will cover them
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)
Being burdened by remorse.
Abdel Haleem
and covered in darkness
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Dust shall cover the
Ahmed Ali
Covered with the blackness (of shame)
Aisha Bewley
overcast with gloom.
Ali Ãœnal
Veiled in darkness
Ali Quli Qara'i
overcast with gloom
Hamid S. Aziz
Veiled in darkness
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
darkness covers them,
Bilal Muhammad 2018
Darkness will cover them
Musharraf Hussain
darkness restricting them.
Maududi
enveloped by darkness
Mohammad Shafi
Darkness covering them
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Darkness will be covering them.
Rashad Khalifa
Overwhelmed by remorse
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and veiled with darkness
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Darkness covering them
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Smoke/dust burdens/depresses/oppresses it
Bijan Moeinian
.. covered with misery, overwhelmed with sadness
Faridul Haque
Blackness overcoming them
Sher Ali
Darkness covering them
Edip Yuksel
Being burdened by remorse.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
These (faces) will be overshadowed with darkness (as well)
Amatul Rahman Omar
Gloom covering them
Hilali - Khan
Darkness will cover them
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry
o'erspread with darkness -
George Sale
darkness shall cover them
Edward Henry Palmer
darkness shall cover them
John Medows Rodwell
Blackness shall cover them
N J Dawood 2014
veiled with darkness
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi
darkness (Qatara') will overcome them (Tar'haqu-haa).
Fode Drame
Belabored by dark soot.
MunirMezyed2023
Veiled in darkness.
Mustaqim
Impurity will cover them,
Linda "iLham" Barto
Darkness will cover them.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation
covered in darkness:
Irving/Hegab
soot will overshadow them.
Samy Mahdy
Are overstrained by an indignity (Darkened).
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)
veiled with darkness.
Qarai
overcast with gloom.
Ahmed Hulusi
Covered in darkness!
Mubarakpuri
Darkness will cover them.
A. S. Mohamed
and overcome with gloom;
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)
veiled in darkness
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Blackness will cover them
[Al-Muntakhab]
A painful depressing darkness they shall assume
Mir Aneesuddin
being covered with darkness.
The Wise Quran Project
Dust will cover them.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)
Blackness will cover them
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Being burdened by remorse.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Being burdened by remorse
OLD Word by Word
Will cover them darkness
Transliteration
Tarhaquha qataratun