Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The day you see it, every one nursing will neglect what she suckled, and every one pregnant will deliver her burden, and thou wilt see mankind intoxicated when they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of God is severe.

يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّٓا اَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سُكَارٰى وَمَا هُمْ بِسُكَارٰى وَلٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللّٰهِ شَد۪يدٌ
Yawma tarawnaha tathhalu kullumurdiAAatin AAamma ardaAAat watadaAAukullu thati hamlin hamlaha wataraannasa sukara wama hum bisukarawalakinna AAathaba Allahi shadeed
#wordmeaningroot
1yawma(The) Dayيوم
2tarawnahāyou will see itراي
3tadhhaluwill forgetذهل
4kullueveryكلل
5mur'ḍiʿatinnursing motherرضع
6ʿammāthat which
7arḍaʿatshe was nursingرضع
8wataḍaʿuand will deliverوضع
9kullueveryكلل
10dhātipregnant woman
11ḥamlinpregnant womanحمل
12ḥamlahāher loadحمل
13watarāand you will seeراي
14l-nāsa[the] mankindنوس
15sukārāintoxicatedسكر
16wamāwhile not
17humthey
18bisukārā(are) intoxicatedسكر
19walākinnabut
20ʿadhāba(the) punishmentعذب
21l-lahi(of) Allah
22shadīdun(will be) severeشدد
  • Aisha Bewley

    On the day they see it, every nursing woman will be oblivious of the baby at her breast, and every pregnant woman will abort the contents of her womb, and you will think people drunk when they are not drunk; it is just that the punishment of Allah is so severe.

  • Progressive Muslims

    The moment you see it, every nursing mother will leave her suckling child, and every pregnant one will miscarry, and you will see the people drunk while they are not drunk, but the retribution of God is most severe.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    On the Day when you behold it (wars of such intensity that) even a nursing mother would forget her infant, and the pregnant would abort her fetus. And it will seem to you that all mankind is drunk, although they will not be drunk. But the Divine Requital is a tremendous thing.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The day you see it, every one nursing will neglect what she suckled, and every one pregnant will deliver her burden, and thou wilt see mankind intoxicated when they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of God is severe.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    The moment you see it, every nursing mother will leave her suckling child, and every pregnant one will miscarry, and you will see the people intoxicated while they are not intoxicated, but the retribution of God is most severe.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    The moment you see it, every nursing mother will leave her suckling child, and every pregnant one will miscarry, and you will see the people drunk while they are not drunk, but the retribution of God is most severe.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    The day you witness it, even a nursing mother will discard her infant, and a pregnant woman will abort her fetus. You will see the people staggering, as if they are intoxicated, even though they are not intoxicated. This is because GOD's retribution is so awesome.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The day you see it every suckling female will forget her suckling, and every pregnant female will discharge her burden. You will see men drunk, yet it will not be intoxication. The torment of God will be severe.

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

    On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe.

  • Muhammad Asad

    On the Day when you behold it, every woman that feeds a child at her breast will utterly forget her nursling, and every woman heavy with child will bring forth her burden ; and it will seem to thee that all mankind is drunk, although they will not be drunk - but vehement will be God’s chastisement.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    On the day when ye behold it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling and every pregnant one will be delivered of her burden, and thou (Muhammad) wilt see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but the Doom of Allah will be strong (upon them).

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    On the Day when you witness it, the suckling woman shall utterly neglect the infant she suckles,* and every pregnant woman shall cast her burden, and you will see people as though they are drunk, when they are not drunk; but dreadful shall be Allah's chastisement.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    The Day you see it shall every nursing mother forget her suckling and every pregnant female -human and animal- shall miscarry what is conceived in her womb, and you see the people stunned and thrown into confusion while not intoxicated. But it is actually the reflection of Allah's wrath speaking thunder.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    That earthquake is so awesome that the kindest mother nursing her child will throw away him and that all pregnant women will miscarry their babies and that mankind will resembled to the wondering junkies without having used any drug and worse than all these is the punishment of God imposed upon the guilty ones.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    The Day you shall see it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling, and every pregnant one will drop her load, and you shall see mankind as in a drunken state, yet they will not be drunken, but severe will be the Torment of Allâh.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Day ye shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    The Day you see it, every nursing mother will abandon what she is nursing, and every pregnant woman will deliver her burden ˹prematurely˺. And you will see people ˹as if they were˺ drunk, though they will not be drunk; but the torment of Allah is ˹terribly˺ severe.

  • Taqi Usmani

    The day you will see it, every suckling female will forget that which she suckles, and every female having pregnancy shall abort her fetus, and you will see people as if they are drunk, while they are not drunk, but Allah’s torment is (so) severe.

  • Abdul Haleem

    on the Day you see it, every nursing mother will think no more of her baby, every pregnant female will miscarry, you will think people are drunk when they are not, so severe will be God’s torment.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    on the day when you behold it, every suckling woman shall neglect the child she has suckled, and every pregnant woman shall deposit her burden, and thou shalt see mankind drunk, yet they are not drunk, but God's chastisement is terrible.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    On the day ye shall see it, every suckling woman shall be seared away from that to which she gave suck; and every pregnant woman shall lay down her load; and thou shalt see men drunken, though they be not drunken: but the torment of God is severe.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    O mankind! Fear your Lord. Verily, the convulsions of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    On the Day you will see it, every suckling female will get distracted away from whatever she has suckled, and every pregnant female will lay down her burden; and you see mankind drunken, and in no way are they drunken but the torment of Allah is strict.

  • George Sale

    On the day whereon ye shall see it, every woman who giveth suck shall forget the infant which she suckleth, and every female that is with young shall cast her burden; and thou shalt see men seemingly drunk, yet they shall not be really drunk: But the punishment of God will be severe.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    The Day when you will see that every nursing mother (feeding her baby from her breast) will forget her suckling-baby, and every pregnant female will drop her (unformed) load: You will see mankind as (if it is) in a drunken state, even though not drunk: But fearful will be the Anger of Allah.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    On the day you behold it, you will find every woman giving suck abandoning (even) her suckling (in the confusion), and every pregnant one miscarrying, and people will appear to you to be drunk while they are not actually drunk; the punishment of Allâh will be (so) severe (that it will leave people in a terrible state of horror and dread).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The day that you will see it, every suckling female will neglect what she suckled, and every pregnant female will deliver her burden, and you will see the people drunk, yet they will not be drunken, but Allah’s punishment is severe.