Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

True dominion, that day, belongs to the Almighty; and it will be a difficult day for the false claimers of guidance.

اَلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمٰنِۜ وَكَانَ يَوْماً عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ عَس۪يراً
Almulku yawma-ithin alhaqqu lirrahmaniwakana yawman AAala alkafireena AAaseera
#wordmeaningroot
1al-mul'kuThe Sovereigntyملك
2yawma-idhinthat Day
3l-ḥaqu(will be) trulyحقق
4lilrraḥmānifor the Most Graciousرحم
5wakānaAnd (it will) beكون
6yawmana Dayيوم
7ʿalāfor
8l-kāfirīnathe disbelieversكفر
9ʿasīrandifficultعسر
  • Aisha Bewley

    The Kingdom that Day will belong in truth to the All-Merciful. It will be a hard Day for the kafirun,

  • Progressive Muslims

    The true kingship on that Day will be to the Almighty. And it is a Day which will be very hard on the rejecters.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    On that Day it will become obvious to all that the Sovereignty belongs to the Most Gracious alone. Hence, a Day of distress it will be for all those who had been rejecting the Truth.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    True dominion, that day, belongs to the Almighty; and it will be a difficult day for the false claimers of guidance.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Thetrue kingship on that Day will be to the Almighty. And it is a Day which will be very hard on the rejecters.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The true kingship on that day will be to the Gracious. It is a day which will be very hard on the ingrates.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    All sovereignty on that day belongs to the Most Gracious. For the disbelievers, it will be a difficult day.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The real sovereignty will belong to Ar-Rahman. How grievous will be the day for the infidels!

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

    True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.

  • Muhammad Asad

    on that Day true sover­eignty belongs to the Most Gracious : hence, a Day of distress will it be for all who deny the truth,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    The Sovereignty on that day will be the True (Sovereignty) belonging to the Beneficent One, and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    On that Day the true kingdom will belong only to the Merciful Lord. That will be a hard day for those that deny the Truth;

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    There and then shall the true Sovereign Authority and the true meaningful and supreme control be exclusively that of Allah, AL-Rahman. What a day it shall be for those who professed infidelity! a day of extreme difficulties, miseries and hardships.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    The kingdom of that Day belongs to the Most Gracious (as He will put an end to the ruling of other kings. ) It will be a very tough Day for those who chose to disbelieve.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty), belonging to the Most Gracious (Allâh), and it will be a hard Day for the disbelievers (those who disbelieve in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    That Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) for (Allah) Most Merciful: it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the misbelievers.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    True authority on that Day will belong ˹only˺ to the Most Compassionate. And it will be a hard day for the disbelievers.

  • Taqi Usmani

    the Kingdom on that day will be for the RaHmān (the All-Merciful, Allah), and it will be a difficult day for the disbelievers.

  • Abdul Haleem

    on that Day, true authority belongs to the Lord of Mercy. It will be a grievous Day for the disbelievers.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    the Kingdom that day, the true Kingdom, shall belong to the All-merciful and it shall be a day harsh for the unbelievers.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The true kingdom on that day shall belong to the Merciful, and it shall be a hard day for the misbelievers.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The day the heavens shall be cleft asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down, descending in ranks.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    The Kingdom, upon that Day, the true (Kingdom), will belong to The All-Merciful, and it will ever be a Day difficult for the disbelievers.

  • George Sale

    On that day the kingdom shall of right belong wholly unto the Merciful; and that day shall be grievous for the unbelievers.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    That Day, the Sovereignty of right and truth, shall be (only) for the Most Merciful (Ar-Rahmán): And it will be a Day of great difficulty for the disbelievers.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The true sovereignty that day shall belong only to the Most Gracious (God) and it shall be really a (very) hard day for the disbelievers.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    on that day true sovereignty will belong to the All-beneficent, and it will be a hard day for the faithless.