Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Man will say: — that day — “Whither to flee?”

يَقُولُ الْاِنْسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّۚ
Yaqoolu al-insanu yawma-ithinayna almafar
#wordmeaningroot
1yaqūluWill sayقول
2l-insānu[the] manانس
3yawma-idhinthat Day
4aynaWhere
5l-mafaru(is) the escapeفرر
  • Aisha Bewley

    on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I run?’

  • Progressive Muslims

    Man will say on that Day: "Where can I escape!"

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    On that Day man will wonder, "Where to flee!" (In this life and in the life to come. Verses 7-10 could easily allude to the merging of the super power of the times, Persia with the newly enlightened Arabia in 642 C.E., 10 years after the exalted Prophet's death).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    Man will say: — that day — “Whither to flee?”

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Man will say on that Day: "Where can I escape!"

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Man will say on that day: "Where can I escape!"

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The human being will say on that day, "Where is the escape?"

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    That day man will say: "Where can I find escape?"

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Man will say on that Day, "Where is the escape?"

  • Muhammad Asad

    on that Day will man exclaim "Whither to flee?"

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    on that Day will man say: "Whither the refuge?"

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Shall man wonder as to which way to turn in order to have recourse to a shelter as a means of escape.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    In that day man will seek for a refuge.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    That Day will Man say: "Where is the refuge?"

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    on that Day one will cry, "Where is the escape?"

  • Taqi Usmani

    on that day man will say, "Where to escape?"

  • Abdul Haleem

    on that Day man will say, ‘Where can I escape?’

  • Arthur John Arberry

    upon that day man shall say, 'Whither to flee?'

  • E. Henry Palmer

    and man shall say upon that day, 'Where is a place to flee to?' -

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Man shall say on that day, "Whither can I flee for refuge?"

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Upon that Day man will say, "Where to flee?" (Literally: Where is the fleeing?).

  • George Sale

    on that day man shall say, where is a place of refuge?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    On that Day man will say: "Where is the place to flee?"

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The human being shall say on that day, `Whither to flee?'

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    that day man will say, ‘Where is the escape?’